GIFT  OF 
S-  drier 


HISTORY 


OF  THE 


CLASS  OF  70 

DEPARTMENT  OF    LITERATURE,     SCIENCE  AND  THE  ARTS, 

UNIVERSITY  OF  MICHIGAN. 

Supplement,  190:5-1921. 


Edited    by 

Charles   S.  Carter,  Secretary. 
Milwaukee,    Wis. 


PUBLISHED   BY   AUTHORITY   OF  THE  CLASS. 
1921. 


"'Fading  away  like  the  stars  of  the  morning, 
Losing  their  light  in  the  glorious  sun, 

So  do  we  pass  from  the  earth  and  its  toiling, 
Only  remembered  by  what  we  have  done." 


GIF, 


TO  THE  MEMORY 
Of   Our 

Departed    Class  mates 

This   Book  is 
FONDLY   DEDICATED. 


45G807 


CONTENTS 


Page 

Dedication        .  . . 3 

Preface 5 

Poem— "Fifty  Years  After,  and  Thereafter" 7 

Our  Class  Letter 29 

Class    Meetings    258 

Notes    256 

In  Memoriam    253 

Index                                                                                                   .  254 


PREFACE. 


When  the  Class  of  Seventy  of  the  University  of  Michigan 
assembled  last  June,  1920,  to  celebrate  its  fiftieth  anniversary 
with  a  banquet  in  Michigan  Union,  it  was  realized  that  our 
numbers  were  being  rapidly  reduced  and  that  those  who  were 
left  were  in  no  condition  to  stand  an  old-time  rush  on  the 
campus.  The  once  stalwart  forms  and  vigorous  minds  of 
our  members  were  disappearing,  leaving  records  of  life  work 
for  the  benefit  of  their  children.  The  subject  was  introduced 
and  a  resolution  was  offered  authorizing  and  requesting  the 
secretary  to  consider  the  plan  of  getting  out  a  Supplement  to 
our  former  History,  published  in  1903,  if  agreeable  to  him  to 
do  so. 

Steps  were  taken  at  once  to  collect  the  necessary  data  for 
this  volume.  Time  has  shown  that  we  did  not  begin  this 
work  any  too  soon  ;  for  since  that  lovely  June  day  two  of 
those  who  took  part  in  passing  that  resolution,  Allyn  and 
Wing,  and  three  others  who  were  too  ill  to  be  there,  Foster, 
LeFevre  and  Whitman  ;  five  in  all,  have  ibid  us  goodbye  with- 
in a  space  of  four  and  one  half  months.  Of  the  seventy-six 
who  received  diplomas  in  1870,  forty-six  are  now  awaiting  us 
in  the  Better  Land ;  thirty  still  linger  here. 

It  is  hoped  that  the  activities  of  the  Boys  of  '70  shown  by 
their  records  in  our  former  History  and  in  this  Supplement 
will  satisfy  our  alma  mater,  our  friends  and  our  children  that 
we  have  been  tolerably  busy  during  the  past  half  century, 
striving  to  reach  the  goal  pointed  out  to  us  by  our  able  in- 
structors in  the  long  ago.  We  have  kept  up  the  battle  of  life 


6  PREFACE 

through  the  vanishing-  years,  and  although  many  have  fallen 
in  the  struggle  our  flag  is  still  flying,  and  we  predict  that  it 
will  continue  to  fly  until  the  last  survivor  brings  it  over  the 
top  to  our  final  reunion,  when  we  shall  all  once  more  join  and 
move  on  to  a  higher  destiny. 


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FIFTY  YEARS  AFTER— AND  THEREAFTER. 

By  Edward  Everett  Darrow. 

In  the  Spectator,  Joseph  Addison 

Presented,  some  two  centuries  ago 

In  guise  of  oriental  apologue, 

An  allegory  of  the  life  of  man. 

Vision  of  Mirza  was  the  name  it  bore, 

To  whom  while  wandering  on  the   Bagdad  hills 

(Harun  Al-Rashid's  realm  of  wizardry) 

Upon  a  holy  day  and  musing  deep 

Upon  the  vanity  of  earthly  things 

The  Genius  loci,  unseen,  heard  before, 

Appeared,  as  shepherd,  playing  on  a.  pipe, 

As  wondrously  bewitching  melody 

As  the  Pied  Piper's  of  old  Hamelin  town, 

Of  melancholy  moving  Mirza's  tears. 

Seeing,  the  spirit  took  him  to  a  rock 

And,  from  its  summit,  bade  him  gaze  about. 

The  old  familiar  landscape  faded  out, 

Left  in  its  place  a  wide-extended  vale, 

Beginning  and  the  ending  lost  in  mist, 

And  standing  in  the  flood  a  mighty  bridge, 

Both  ends  of  this,  too,  shrouded  with  dark  cloud. 

Along  it  moved  a  vast,  unending  crowd 

Treading  the  bridge,  but  many  all  the  time 

Fell  through  and  vanished  in  the  wave  below, 

On  hidden  trapdoors  stepping  or  being  pushed, 

Some,  chasing  bubbles  and  in  act  to  grasp, 

Their  footing  failed,  while  others  too,  with  arms, 


8  CLASS  OF  '70,  UNIVERSITY  OF  MICHIGAN 

Rushed  to  and  fro  to  strike  their  fellows  down ; 
Some  gazing  at  the  skies  in  thoughtful  mood ; 
Some  in  the  midst  of  mirth  and  some  in  grief; 
All  falling  sheer,  clutching  at  straws  for  life, 
So,  on  the  bridge,  the  ceaseless  stream  poured  by, 
The  selfsame  way,  no  traveler  coming  back. 

Seventy  whole  arches  were  there  and  at  end 

There  were  some  broken  ones,  scarce  could  these  make 

The  hundred  out,  and,  hobbling  here  along, 

Some  few  who  one  by  one  slipped  and  fell  in, 

Quite  tired  and  spent  with  the  long  march  of  life. 

Vision  of  life  from  birth  to  death  is  here ! 

Fate-driven  and  doom-devoted  seem  they  all, 

Which  lends  a  solemn  grandeur  to  their  march, 

Silent  as  moving  figures  on  the  screen. 

Scant  gleam  of  joy  falls  on  this  caravan, 

No  sprinkling  here  of  differing  age  or  sex 

Nor  family  nor  happy  human  life, 

They  come  in  sight,  they  pass,  they  disappear ; 

Majestic  as  Niagara's  rapids  are, 

Before  they  slip  across  the  cataract's  edge 

(Inexorable  as  gravitation's  law) 

Into  the  gulf  that  yawns  for  them  below 

And  yet  the  mist  begins  to  climb  again ! 

Classmates  of  Seventy ;  now  it's  up  to  us ! 

Those  seventy  arches,  all  who're  here  have  passed 

Safe,  though  not  all  may  say  exactly  sound, 

Tried  them  all  out,  each  of  us  qualified 

To  say  if  vision,  thus  far,  has  held  good, 

(I  speak  not  yet  of  our  Majority 


DEPARTMENT  OF  LITERATURE,  SCIENCE  AND  ARTS 


Who  vanished,  one  by  one,  upon  the  road 

And  left  us  to  negotiate  alone 

The  shattered  piers  that  in  the  Ws  He) 

Now  clambering  on  with  footing  insecure. 

With  strength  diminished,  hearing,  sight  impaired, 

Battling  for  life,  or  only  clinging  now? 

Or  waiting  death?  some  with  impatience  too? 

Still  stumbling  on  without  a  chance  to  reach 

A  shore  ;  each  instant  liable  to  slip, 

Flounder  a  moment,  then  be  swallowed  down, 

The  last  survivor,  like  Ulysses,  spared 

To  be  the  last  to  make  the  Cyclops'  meal. 

Here  you  might  ask  "Why  call  this  thing  a  bridge? 
Like  famed  Venetian  Bridge  of  Sighs  that  spanned 
Canal  'twixt  Doges'  hall  and  dungeon  door? 
More  like  the  plank  that  pirates'  victims  walk 
With  shocking  lack  of  all  provision  made 
For  adequate  terminal  facilities. 
I'm  none  too  keen  myself  to  take  the  plunge, 
Though  calling  back  the  boy's  experience 
Standing  stark  naked  on  the  river  bank 
Shearing  the  call,  "Come  in !  The  water's  fine." 
Yet  dreading  first  chill  of  the  water's  touch 
Delicious  though  he  knew  'twould  be  when  in, 
Deep  as  he  plunged  he  knew  he'd  rise  again. 
Had  we  some  such  presentiment  as  that. 
Even  if  not  strong  enough  for  guarantee, 
Cleansed  and  revivified  to  issue  forth, 
Think  you  we'd  choose  to  linger  on  the  bridge? 

Well,  there  is  more  to  tell,  to  Mirza  shown; 
For,  seeing  this,  he  spoke  with  troubled  mind ; 


10  CLASS  OF  'TO,  UNIVERSITY  OF  MICHIGAN 

"How  vain,  how  wretched  is  the  lot  of  man 

Tortured  in  life  and  swallowed  up  in  death" 

To  whom  the  tutelary  spirit  said, 

"Fix  now  thine  eyes  upon  that  wall  of  mist 

"Whereto  the  tide  is  bearing  all  that  fall." 

Then  the  cloud  fled  and  far  away  he  saw 

Innumerable  Islands  of  the  Blest 

With  flowers  and  fruits  and  sparkling  waters  round, 

And  thereon  shapes  in  glorious  raiment  clad 

With  garlands  on  their  heads,  passed  'mongst  the  trees, 

Or  were  reclining  by  some  fountain's  side, 

With  ravishing  harmony  of  singing  birds, 

Of  falling  waters,  of  the  human  voice 

And  instruments  melodiously  attuned. 

He  longed  to  fly  unto  those  happy  shores 

With  wings  of  eagle,  but  the  Genius  said :  '"' 

"Passage  there's  none  but  by  the  gates  of  death 

That  open  every  moment  from  the  bridge. 

Millions  of  islands  lie  beyond  thy  sight 

Even  beyond  imagination's  grasp — 

The  mansions  of  the  righteous,  after  death — 

Assigned  according  to  degree  and  kind 

Of  the  perfections  of  their  habitants 

And  every  isle  a  paradise  for  each." 

In  such  conception  of  a  life  to  come 

(As  in  his  picture  of  the  life  that  is) 

We  notice  Addison  ran  true  to  form. 

In  contrast  sharp  but  in  conjunction  close 

He  strove  to  weave  into  the  life  ahead 

All  noblest  joys  the  clarified  sense  might  crave 

Ours  for  eternity  as  recompense 

For  troublous,  short,  and  trial  life  on  earth. 


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The  life's  the  coming  one — mere  prologue  this — 
No  occupation — joy   of   doing — there, 
No  need  for  work — at  least  all  drudgery  gone — 
The  Doer  did  all  that  to  last  for  aye. 

Such  life  may  not  appeal  to  all  of  us, 

'Twould  not  have  done  so  in  our  boyhood  days, 

The  hoy  wants  something  doing  all  the  time, 

(A.  more  constructive,  less  receptive  joy) 

I  doubt  'twould  ever  have  pleased  Roosevelt. 

Rut  have  we  any  better  plan  in  mind? 

With  more  dramatic  action,  more  detail 

Bryant  has  followed  in  his  ''Flood  of  Years"" 

This  very  apologue  of  Addison, 

His  Flood  picks  up,  sweeps  on  and  overwhelms 

The  life  it  bears  but  brings  it  all  at  end 

Unto  those  selfsame  islands  of  the  blest. 

VQO,  if  the  major  poets  whom  we  know 

(Though  sometimes  speaking  somewhat  guardedly) 

Care  not  to  trace  the  destiny  of  man 

And  circumscribe  it  to  this  life  alone. 

How  dare  a  Molly  make-believe,  like  me, 

Presume  to  doubt  we  too  are  permanent. 

In  the  enduring  system  of  the  world, 

We  too  to  live  through  Time's  Eternity, 

That  part  of  it  that  lies  before  us  yet, 

And,  in  some  sort,  have  lived  through  all  behind. 

You  see  what  lies  beyond  the  Gates  of  Death 
Must  needs  be  touched,  were  there  no  other  ground 
Than  that  our  Class  majority  are  there, 
For,  if  not  by  them  some  solution's  found 
And  that  solution  apt  to  stand  for  us. 


12  CLASS  OF  '70,  UNIVERSITY  OF  MICHIGAN 

And  any  day  may  come  the  testing  out, 

Which  makes  it  most  intensely  personal. 

Giving  full  credence  to  the  life  to  come 

What  is  our  evidence  'tis  pictured  true? 

Still  something  lacks,  we  wish  to  see  it  cast 

In  the  necessary  forms  of  human  thought, 

Time,  Space  and  Manner,  the  When,  Where  and  How. 

What's  the  real  nature  of  the  change  we  make 

Is  the  insistent  question  on  our  lips. 

As  to  the  form  we'll  take  when  comes  the  time 
Our  present  incarnation  drops  away 
There  are  too  many  entries  in  the  field 
For  me  to  back  my  winner  'gainst  them  all 
Millenniums  old  are  some,  some  of  to-day, 
Others,  millenniums  hence,  may  yet  appear, 
And  that  man  would  be  bold  indeed  who'd  pit 
His  present  knowledge  against  all  to  come, 
\Vhether  bodied  or  unembodied  we  go  on, 
Immediately  to  wake  from  death  or  not. 
In  this  world  or  some  other,  make  our  home, 
Permanent  or  transient  as  the  case  may  be, 
With  personality  the  same  or  changed, 
Whether  I'll  know  that  I  am  I,  or  not, 
Or  what  the  difference,  if  any,  be. 
Oblivion's  always  possible  of  course. 
Call  it  Nirvana,  dreamless  sleep  or  plain 
Extinction,  with  frank-spoken  Henry  James 
(Referring  to  his  brother  William's  death,) 
Which  cuts  the  ground  from  under  Joy  and  Hope 
But  too,  from  under  Pain  and  Fear  as  well ; 
I've  kept  the  dualistic  theory 
Of  soul  and  body,  separate  entities, 


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It  seemed  the  easier  to  treat  it  so, 

But  I  won't  presume  to  rule  the  monist  out 

For  just  that  point  I  will  refer  to  Lodge, 

Who  says  that  he's  inclined  to  think  the  soul 

Will  have  a  body  ;  ether  very  like, 

Ethereal  body  clothe  ethereal  soul ! 

'Twould  seem  that  this  might  bring  the  two  in  one 

Anything  more  tenuous  mind's  not  yet  conceived ; 

Even  the  spirit  takes  its  name  from  air 

And  that  is  ponderable,  the  ether  not. 

Lodge  holds  to  intercourse  between  the  worlds, 

Xo  message  has  come  back,  to  me  at  least. 

From  Classmate  or  from  other  friend  gone  on, 

Xor  have  I  found  a  way  to  get  them  word 

From  us,  but  others  may  have,  I  know  not. 

The  problem  of  the  future's  posed  at  least. 

We'll  seek  solution  somewhat  further  on, 

Scan  first  the  course  before  that  transfer  point, 

But  "Michigan"  's  the  goal  that  first  we'll  seek. 

So  here's  Ann  Arbor!  and  here's  "Michigan"  ! 

Shall  it  be  old  or  new  that  first  we  greet? 

The  Michigan  Union?     We  have  share  therein; 

And  it  throws  wide  its  hospitable  doors 

To  make  a  home  and  center  for  us  all. 

For  days,  together  breakfast,  lunch  and  dine, 

Chat  or  are  silent,  as  the  spirit  moves ; 

To  feel  each  other's  presence  is  enough, 

Or  find  a  pleasure  in  the  knot  of  friends, 

In  reminiscence,  dwelling  on  the  past ; 

Recalling,  walking  back  from  Ferry  Field, 

Contests  in  northeast  campus  corner  waged 


14  CLASS  OF  -TO,  TMVERSITY  OF  MICHIGAN 

By  giants  of  our  own  in  those  "young"  days 

\Yhen  Blackburn,  Gooley,  Dawson  played  the  game. 

We  wander  too  along  the  foliaged  streets 
Seeking  old  landmarks,  houses  where  we  dwelt, 
The  world  that  bloomed  for  us  in  blossom  time 
White  as  Ann  Arbor's  green  Catalpa  blows, 
That  seemed  to  wait  for  us  this  fiftieth  year 
A  fortnight  past  its  time  to  grace  our  day. 

As  Heine,  rising  from  his  '"mattress-grave" 

In  pain  and  shadow  of  approaching  death 

Dragging  himself  round  Paris,  as  he  writes, 

For  last  glance  at  his  idols,  at  the  feet 

Of  the  Melian  Aphrodite  of  the  Louvre 

Sank  down  and  wept,  and  she,  compassionate 

But  deeply  grieving  seemed  to  him  to  say 

''Fain  would  I  help  thee  but  I  have  no  arms." 

Somewhat  the  same  come  we  this  day  of  days, 

Uncertain  lest  it  well  may  be  the  last, 

Seeking  our  idols  of  our  golden  time. 

One  seeking  this  perchance,  another  that. 

Whose  contact  might  set  free  the  spark  to  light 

The  brain  and -heart  with  all  the  young-time  thrill — 

Why,  there  is  Nydia!  the  Thessalian  girl. 

Our  Xydia,  standing  in  the  statued  hall, 

(Born  'neath  Olympus,  'neath  Vesuvius 

To  die,  the  morrow,  though  she  will  not  flinch 

She  does  not  see  us;  it  were  shame  for  us 

To  ask  compassion  in  her  hour  of  need. 

Day  of  Pompeii's  death  and  burial, 

Day  the  caged  prisoner  of  the  underworld 

(Blind  force  of  Nature  struggling  to  get  free) 


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Long  raging  'gainst  his  barriers  broke  his  chain, 

Shook  down  the  cities  built  above  his  head 

Stretched  up  and  found  the  century-locked  door 

High  in  the  mountain  side,  burst  out  on  world 

Of  light  and  color,  odor,  breath  of  life, 

Of  sun-steeped  groves  and  vineyards,  twinkling  sea 

A  swift  up-growing,  towering  upas  tree 

Of  pitchy  blackness  'blotting  out  the  sun, 

With  rifts  of  lightning-flashes,  strangling  fumes 

With  showers  of  ashes  traveling  fast  and  far 

While  heated  rocks  came  hurtling  through  the  air. 

She's  thought  for  nothing  but  the  work  in  hand, 
Her  master  and  her  mistress  safe  to  lead 
From  the  beleaguered  city  to  the  sea. 
Each  she  had  saved  for  other,  once,  this  day, 
(though  one  to  her  was  life  the  other  death) 
With  eyes  unseeing  but  each  other  sense 
Quivering  with  power,  hearing  and  touch  attent, 
And  yet  no  sign  is  in  that  tranquil  face ;     ,' 
•Trance-like,  as  though  some  deity  bears  her  load, 
She,  but  the  unconscious  agent  of  his  will, 
Her  feet,  unsandalled,  know  the  way  they  tread, 
Her  staff  relieves  them  for  more  delicate  touch, 
Her  hand,  recurved,  assists  her  ear  to  catch 
The  faintest  sound  that  might  spell  life  or  death. 
Before  the  blast  her  raiment  close  enwraps 
Her  form,  or  flies  ahead  in  sinuous  folds 
Perhaps  she  felt,  treading  that  fearsome  way, 
Phoebus  Apollo  walking  at  her  side 
Shaking  his  father's  aegis  o'er  her  head. 
She'll  reach  the  harbor  with  her  charges  both 
And  vessel  will  take  all  of  them  on  board. 


10  CLASS  OF  '70,  UNIVERSITY  OF  MICHIGAN 

Finished  her  task ;  naught  for  her  will  be  left ; 
1  Jarred  from  Elysium  by  her  tortured  heart, 
Twice-barred  as  self-doomed  offering  to  die 
Could  be  no  worse,  and  it  might  give  her  rest ; 
She'll  seek  nepenthe  in  Vesuvian  bay. 

The  vision  fades ;  I  leave  Memorial  Hall, 

\Ve  sit  at  banquet,  not  uproarious 

Hut  quiet,  the  still  waters  running  deep, 

Strong  too,  with  memories,  emotion,  love, 

Though  "all  the  guests  sit  close  and  nothing  lacks" 

'Tis  a  memorial  that  we  observe, 

A  score,  the  fourth  of  the  old  Class,  are  here, 

Some  fewer  are  the  absent  living  ones. 

It's  the  first  time  that  our  majority 

Is  of  the  "Great  Majority"  beyond, 

We  represent,  not  constitute  "The  Class." 

The  Class  was  the  great  circle,  but  within 

Was  many  a  smaller  one  of  closest  friends ; 

Without  the  greater  ne'er  had  been  the  less, 

And  in  such  circles,  undisturbed  by  death, 

Are  those  whose  presence  brightens  through  the  years. 

Their  personality  acts  on  and  on ; 

Had  we  not  known  them,  clasped  them  heart  and  hand. 

How  much  less  fruitful  would  our  lives  have  been ! 

Another  circle  too  the  years  have  brought, 

The  one  that  had  its  birth  since  college  days 

In  those  who  each  quinquennial  strove  to  meet 

"To  keep  the  altar-fires  alive  till  death." 

We  first  must  recognize  with  gratitude 

The  University,  into  the  sphere 

Of  whose  attraction  all  of  us  were  drawn 

Klse  we  had  never  formed  the  Class  at  all. 


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Now  all  of  us  have  passed  the  Iron  Gate 

That  stands  at  end  of  three  score  years  and  ten 

(So  was  that  milestone  styled  by  Doctor  Holmes 

At  that  Atlantic  dinner  given  him 

To  mark  the  closing  of  his  seventieth  year) 

"So  when  the  Iron  portal  shuts  behind  us" 

"The  glimmering  starlight  shows  the  gates  of  pearl." 

Should  we  look  back  or  forward  for  a  theme? 

Seek  inspiration  from  the  years  behind. 

Or  in  the  years  that  lie  before  us  yet? 

Can  either  hold  the  substance  of  a  song 

Made,  one  from  Memory's  pictures,  one  from  Hope's? 

The  former's-  gone  and  in  the  record  placed, 

Is  not  the  story  in  the  Classbooks  writ? 

Original  documents  by  ourselves  compiled, 

Clio,  not  Polyhymnia,  handled  that : 

Anticipation  holds  the  future  still 

But  will  she  build  as  fifty  years  ago? 

On  what  materials  will  she  lay  her  hands? 

Thou  well-beloved  Oliver  Wendell  Holmes! 

Thou  vanished  singer  of  a  vanished  class, 

Thou  tuneful  bard  of  Harvard  '29, 

Had  I  the  power  and  gained  the  free  consent 

Emeritus  poet  laureate  shouldst  thou  be 

Especially  for  Michigan  '70, 

Immortal  singer  of  the  college  soul ! 

I  count  thee  'mongst  that  choir  invisible 

Who  found  their  voices,  wore  their  crowns  while  here 

Not  to  thy  class  alone  but  every  class 

And  classmate  was  thy  voice  attuned  to  wake 

Undying  echoes  in  responsive  soul 


18  CLASS  OF  '70,  UNIVERSITY  OF  MICHIGAN 

Who  of  all  college  poets  I  could  name 

So  early  came,  oft  spoke  and  stayed  so  long 

Strung  such  a  rosary  of  pearls  of  song. 

Dear  Doctor  Holmes,  I'll  not  invoke  the  Muse, 
In  your  last  poem  here  on  earth  you  wrote 
"Vex  not  the  Muse  with  idle  prayers — 
"She  will  not  hear  thy  call ;" 
"She  steals  upon  thee  unawares," 
"Or  seeks  thee  not  at  all." 
"For  thee  her  wooing  hour  .has  passed," 
"The  singing  birds  have  flown." 

If  so  with  thee,  what  could  another  do, 

Xot  known  on  Helicon  nor  Parnassus-born 

If  wise  he'd  do  what  I  shall  try  to  do, 

Take  thee  for  guide,  follow  thy  footsteps  close. 

Lean  rather  heavily  upon  thee  too ; 

There  is  no  gleaning  on  the  fields  you  reaped 

But  I  shall  give  thee  credit  just  the  same. 

It  was  the  ultimate  consumer's  gain. 

And  thou  shalt  bring  thy  Harvard  '29 

(Named  once  the  58  of  '29) 

Experience  not  swords  to  measure  with 

That  class  of  '70  of  Michigan 

That  followed,  after  one  and  forty  years. 

Thou  art  silent ;  but  'tis  silence  gives  consent. 

So,  Clascmates,  with  such  escort  we  proceed 
He  was  Class  poet,  Class-day,  '29 
(James  Freeman  Clarke  was  the  contestant  then, 
The  Keeper  of  the  Class-book  through  his  life, 


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Amongst  his  dearest  friends  while  life  remained : 

"After  the  Curfew  "was  his  elegy 

In  part:  the  other  part  was  that  of  Class)  : 

Then  came  a  score  of  years  till  '51, 

Frequent  class-meetings  but  no  poem  read: 

Then  and  thenceforward,  covering  '89 

The  annual  meeting  with  its  annual  song 

Or  poem,  by  our  poet  writ  and  read. 

"Thirty-sixth  Variant  of  the  Old  Tune"  he  called 

The  song  of  '86 :  so  that  of  '89— 

"After  the  Curfew,"  was  thirty-ninth  and  last. 

Take  from  your  shelf  the  volume — read  again 

The  "Poems  of  the  Class  of  '29" 

(Such  is  the  caption  given  to  the  sheaf 

'Twixt  '51  and  '77  clasped) 

Bringing  Class  record  near  to. the.  50th  year: 

How  did  he  treat  that  subject-matter  then? 

Not  much  with  memories  of  the  olden  days 

Of  books,  games,  hours  of  study  or  of  toil 

Instead  'twas  their  elixir  that  he  chose, 

The  precious  residue  distilled  from  all 

The  associations  of  those  morning  years, 

Much  gold  refined  from  out  that  ore  of  life : 

What  themes  were  they,  persistent  through  his  song? 

First  Youth,  its  effervescence,  strength  and  joy, 

"The  Boys"  runs  through  that  song  of  '51 

Again  and  still  again  we  find  that  strain 

Incorporating  all  the  Spring  of  life 

Trying  to  hold  and  carry  it  to  end : 

And  there  is  Friendship,  ripening  into  Love, 

And  its  continued  emphasis  runs  through 


20  CLASS  OF  '70,  UNIVERSITY  OF  MICHIGAN 

As  though  it  were  fruition  of  the  life. 

But  scanty  note  of  what  the  deeds  they  did 

In  the  long  years  in  manhood's  prime  till  age, 

What  fame  they  garnered  or  what  wealth  or  power, 

(True,  he  was  poet,  not  historian.) 

Then  through  it  all,  the  minor  chord  still  runs, 

The  evanescence  of  the  powers  of  man, 

He  struck  it  early  and  he  struck  it  hard 

But  made  himself  the  target  of  the  notes, 

Before  his  evening,  wrote  the  "Even-song," 

Age  comes  or's  coming  but  not  yet  old  age, 

One  and  another  go  but  still  "All  here" 

Invisible,  they  still  sit  at  the  feast : 

And  then  there's  Time;  personified  from  start, 

Our  oldest  friend,  who  greeted  each  at  birth. 

To  travel  with  us  all  the  days  of  life 

And  hand  us  to  Eternity  at  end. 

Read  farther  on:    Three  groups  of  poems  now 

Will  carry  you  from  '77,  on 

To  '89:  official  end  of  class. 

"The  Iron  Gate":  the  poems  centering  round 

Our  Poet's  70th  anniversary, 

Of  Class,  the  50th ;  poems  five  of  these. 

"Before  the  Curfew"  forms  the  second  group, 

Takes  them  from  '82  to  '88 

Seven  in  number,  then,  for  '89 

"After  the  Curfew" — the  last  word — is  writ. 

We'll  walk  along  with  them  their  last  decade, 
(It  is  the  one  that  lies  before  us  now) 
What  may  we  learn  of  these  ten  years  for  us? 
Struggling  through  the  "twenties"  for  our  sixtieth  year 


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Shall  we  arrive  and  greet  it  as  a  class? 

How  long  was  it  their  last  survivor  stayed? 

We'll  quote  more  freely  as  we  jog  along. 

First  quote  from  "Ad  Amicos,"  '76, 

(It  is  "The  Boys"  still  and  they  are  "The  Friends") 

"  'The  boys'  we  were,  'the  boys'  we'll  be" 
."As  long  as  three,  or  two,  are  creeping;" 

"Then  here's  to  him — ah!  which  is  he?— 

"That  lives  till  all  the  rest  are  sleeping;" 

"The  Last  Survivor"— theme  of  '78 

"Yes !  the  vacant  chairs  tell  sadly  we  are  going,  going  fast," 

"And  the  thought  comes  strangely  o'er  me  who  will  live  to  be 
the  last?" 

"When   the   twentieth   century's   sunbeams   climb    the   far-off 
eastern  hill?" 

"With  his  ninety  winters  burdened  will  he  greet  the  morning 
still?" 

Answer  upon  all  these  queries  waited  one  and  twenty  years. 

Then  Samuel  May  as  last  survivor  stood  revealed — and  dis- 
appears, 

Saw  the  sun  of  90th  summer,  but  not  90th  winter  shine, 

In  November  nine  and  ninety  joined  his  class  of  '29. 

Now  we're  at  '79— their  50th  year 

Where  we  were  standing  in  the  summer  past 

Two  poems  here  "Vestigia  Quinque  Retrorsum" 

(Eliding  rightly  you'll  improve  the  rhythm) 

At  Alumni  Commencement  Dinner  read, 

"Are  these  'The  Boys'  our  dear  old  Mother  knew?" 

"Sixty  brave  swimmers.     Twenty — something  more— 

"Have  passed  the  stream  and  reached  this  frosty  shore !" 

Second  poem  "The  Archbishop  and  Gil  Bias/' 

How  all  the  frailties  of  old  aee  come  forth 


22  CLASS  OF  '70,  UNIVERSITY  OF  MICHKIAN 

Before  the  merciless  inquisitor! 
How  the  Archbishop  parries  and  mistakes, 
Explains,  exculpates  and  extenuates, 
Gets  deeper  in  with  every  step  he  takes ! 

"Before  the  Curfew'  comes  in  '82, 

The  warning  that  the  actual  call  is  near, 

"Not  bed-time  yet"!     How  quick  the  children  cry! 

Leave  us  a  little  longer  by  the  fire ! 

Play  games,  tell  stories,  riddles  ask  and  guess, 

We're  afraid  to  go  alone  and  bed  is  cold. 

How  with  us  older  children  at  the  call? 

As  yet  unsleeping  and  still  loth  to  go. 

Questioning  how  all  continued  stories  end, 

Sitting  with  friends  before  the  genial  fire 

Guessing  the  riddle  of  the  universe 

I  shall  not  quote :    I'd  not  know  where  to  stop. 

Another  year:    The  "Loving-cup"  goes  round, 

"Come,  heap  the  fagots !     Ere  we  go" 

"Again  the  cheerful  hearth  shall  glow ;" 

"We'll  have  another  blaze,  my  boys!" 

"Till  life  and  love  are  spent,  my  boys," 

"Till  life  and  love  are  spent. 

Persistent  now  through  two  years  more  that  strain, 

Through  "Friendship's  Girdle  and  "Anacreon's  Lyre' 

Still  more  insistent  grows  that  theme  of  love: 

"Not  Eros,  with  his  joyous  laugh," 

"The  urchin  blind  and  bare," 

"But  Love,  with  spectacles  and  staff," 

"And  scanty,  silvered  hair." 

In  '87  "The  Broken  Circle"  comes 

Stonehenere:  with  columns  broken,  leaning,  prone. 


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(He'd  visited  it  in  the  summer  past) 
"So  let  our  broken  circle  stand" 
"A  wreck,  a  remnant,  yet  the  same," 
"While  one  last,  loving,  faithful  hand" 
''Shall  live  to  feed  its  altar-flame !" 

Xext-last  '88  "The  Angel-thief 

Who  brought  our  blessings  and  who  takes  them  back, 

Time's  last  appearance,  no  disservice  now, 

An  angel  now  to  rend  our  prison-walls ; 

"When  gathering  rust  has  clenched  our  shackles  fast," 

"Time  is  the  angel-thief  that  Nature  sends  us" 

"To  break  the  cramping  fetters  of  our  past" 

"Pries  off  a  bolt  and  lo !  our  souls  are  free." 

Comes  '89,  closing  their  sixtieth  year 

"After  the  Curfew" :    Covered  now  the  fire ! 

How  could  I  better  do  than  quote  his  words 

In  part,  and  leave  the  comment  to  your  thoughts? 

"The  Play  is  over.     While  the  light" 

"Yet  lingers  in  the  darkening  hall," 

"I  come  to  say  a  last  Good  night" 

"Before  the  final  Exeunt  all." 

********** 

"We  come  with  feeble  steps  and  slow" 
"A  little  band  of  four  or  five," 
"Left  from  the  wrecks  of  long  ago," 

"Still  pleased  to  find  ourselves  alive." 

********** 

"One  breathing  form  no  more,  alas !" 
"Amidst  our  slender  group  we  see"; 
"With  him  we  still  remained  "The  Class," 
"Without  his  presence  what  are  we?" 


24  CLASS  OF  '70,  UNIVERSITY  OF  MICHIGAN 

"So'  ends  "The  Boys/'— a  lifelong  play." 
"We  too  must  hear  the  Prompter  call" 
"To  fairer  scenes  and  brighter  day:" 
"Farewell!     I  let  the  curtain  fall." 


There  comes  just  one  more  decade  ere  the  time 
The  "Last  Survivor  wears  that  "wreath  of  stars" 
There's  meeting  held  at  "Parker's"  following  year 
But  three  were  present — melancholy  quite — 
(This  the  good  Doctor  in  a  letter  tells) 
Then  at  his  home  for  three  or  four  years  more, 
Once  four  were  present — fifth  would  have  made  all 
The  usual  number  that  was  there  was  three 
(The  data  of  these  later  years,  gives  May) 
The  Doctor  stayed  through  the  quinquennium 
And  May  to  "carry  on"  the  full  decade 

And  what  about  our  "Keeper  of  the   Book?" 
The  "General  Secretary"  of  the  Class, 
Not  merely  "kept"  it,  brought  it  into  fortr^ 
Made  it  abiding  record  of  Class  life, 
Then  gave  to  each  the  opportunity 
To  put  in  book  the  story  of  his  life 
(Would  some  had  been  more  full,  more  personal) 
But  that  was  not  the  Secretary's  fault. 
He  was  the  "Central"  too  for  all  of  us. 
Installed  the  plant,  connected  up  with  all, 
Even  with  all  charter  members  (as  myself) 
Who  failed  to  take  their  final  papers  out, 
Wrought  out  a  closer,  stronger  bond  wherewith 
To  fight  time,  distance  and  forgetfulness. 


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So,  full  appreciation,  heartfelt  thanks 

And  kindest  wishes  till  his  journey's  close, 

"May  he  live  long  and  prosper," — long  enough — 

Up  to  that  psychologic  moment  when 

The  gain  in  going  outweighs  gain  to  stay 

When  the  Special's  ready  and  the  Signal  drops, 

The  friend  would  not  detain  the  voyager. 

And  forward  looking  now  for  'Seventy's  bounds, 

Again  I  take  a  leaf  from  'Twenty-nine ; 

While  Clarke  stayed  with  them  they  were  still  "The  Class," 

After  he  went,  the  curfew  bell  was  struck. 

The  Five  who've  left  us  since  that  day  in  June, 
They  only,  know,  if  they,  whether  their  call 
Untimely  was  or  not,  we  mean,  for  them, 
(Not  but  they  soon  will  know  if  not  as  yet) 
How  short  the  time !     How  many  heard  the  call ! 
Two  of  them  sat  at  banquet  with  their  Class, 
Two  dared  not  undergo  the  risk  to  come 
We  still  stay  here  and  plan  about  both  worlds ! 
What  still  awaits  us  here  before  we're  called ! 
It  is  ourselves  we're  to  interrogate. 
First,  what  about  that  plant  of  ours  we  name 
The  body,  is  it  functioning  as  at  best? 
Is  it  our  servant  yet  or  master  now? 
How  is  it  with  our  senses'  group  of  five, 
That  makes  connection  with  the  universe 
Outside  the  body;  sight  and  hearing  chief; 
Are  they  still  rendering  service  as  of  old? 
Hope  used  to  run  with  us  in  college  days, 
Is  she  still  tripping  just  ahead — or  gone? 
And  then  her  stronger,  steadier  sister.  Faith  ; 


20  CLASS  OF  'TO,  TMYKKSITY  OF  MICHIGAN 

Faith  in  ourselves,  our  aims  and  in  our  powers, 

Is  she  beginning  to  distrust  us  now? 

And  young  Ambition  too !     Fertile  in  plans, 

Ready  to  take  the  scent  and  run  them  down ; 

Have  you  seen  anything  of  him  of  late? 

And  where  is  Energy  who  financed  them  all? 

Does  he  still  honor  drafts  we'd  like  to  draw? 

Where  too  is  Memory?     Holding  fast  the  gains 

That  thought,  use,  repetition  won  for  us? 

She  has  a  trick  of  vanishing  nowadays 

And  takes  along  some  things  she  won't  bring  back. 

Are  they  all  leaving  us  or  gone  ahead 

Where  we  shall  meet  them  in  the  life  so  near? 

Are  we  not  caught  in  the  tremendous  drag 

Of  an  ebb  tide  that  will  not  flow  again? 

That's  drawing  every  source  of  power  away 

A  tide  that's  ebbing  off  into  the  sea, 

Rut  well  I  know  that  tide  the  sun  will  lift 

In  water  vapor  every  source  above, 

To  fall  again  and  run  next  cycle  through. 

Each  one  of  us  must  quite  appreciate 

That  ageless  holiday  of  happiness 

Humanity  perfected  and  at  goal 

With  no  more  sorrow,  no  more  pain,  nor  death ; 

But  most  beliefs  have  put  it  far  ahead. 

I  make  no  guess  at  any  'ultimate" 

Where  we  shall  go  to  when  the  sun  goes  out, 

That  problem's  not  a  pressing  one  just  yet, 

It's  just  "where  do  we  go  from  now  and  here," 

Is  the  immediate  question  for  us  all. 


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Further,  "whence  did  we  come  to  here  and  now?" 
For  History  is  the  lamp  for  Prophecy 
The  life  behind  us  throws  its  light  ahead. 
How  link  the  individual  with  the  race. 

How  if  we've  been  here  from  the  very  first, 
That  we  came  from  our  last  life  into  this, 
Precisely  as  we'll  pass  from  this  to  next 
To  keep  returning  while  the  race  survives? 
Just  as  we  had  no  memory  of  a  life 
Before,  we'll  carry  none  into  the  next. 
Unlikely  'tis  we  shall  know  each  other  there, 
But  we  shall  get  acquainted,  as  this  time. 
(I  reason  so  since  no  remembrance  here 
Have  we  of  those  we  knew  in  previous  life. 
Nor  of  ourselves  as  far  as  that's  concerned) 
Deep  is  our  sadness  as  on  that  we  dwell, 
But  trust  there's  way  that  reconciles  it  all. 
Our  Poet's  "Homesick  in  Heaven"  offers  key. 
To  all  of  us  who've  loved  the  life  they've  lived, 
How  great  the  privilege  to  come  back  again 
With  old  and  worn-out  body  changed  for  new! 
'Tis  well  that  memory  goes  not  back  of  death 
To  tell  the  child  he'd  seen  it  all  before, 
'Twould  "pluck  the  heart  out  of  the  mystery," 
The  path  that  winds  through  far-off  centuries 
Robbed  of  divinity  and  pleased  surprise. 
Shall  we  be  born  as  born  before,  to  grow 
Insensibly  to  consciousness  of  self, 
So  travel  on  from  infancy  to  age? 

And  what  for  us  until  that  new  life  come? 
Adjust  our  aims  to  what's  within  our  grasp 


28  CLASS  OF  '70,  UNIVERSITY  OF  MICHIGAN 

And  recognize  the  failing  afternoon 

That  grows  toward  evening  when  the  time  to  rest 

And  yet  not  quite  the  time  to  sleep  is  here  ; 

The  time  men  tell  their  reminiscences, 

No  longer  speak  of  things  they've  yet  to  do. 

Unyoked  the  oxen  wander  to  the  barn ; 

Ourselves  to  house  returning,  'neath  the  trees 

Awhile  to  sit  and  watch  the  fading  light, 

Till  sleep  lays  hand  at  length  on  brow  and  eyes. 

With  infancy's  wonder-opened  eyes,  we  wake. 

FINIS. 


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OUR  CLASS  LETTER. 

It  will  be  remembered  that  at  the  time  of  our  last  banquet 
before  we  separated,  after  receiving  our  diplomas,  the  Class 
passed  a  resolution  to  start  and  maintain  a  letter  to  be  known 
as  the  "Class  Letter" ;  Adams,  the  first  man,  alphabetically, 
was  to  write  a  letter  to  the  Class  and  send  it  to  Baker,  the 
next  man  down  the  alphabet,  and  Baker  was  to  write  an- 
other letter  to  the  Class,  put  the  two  together  and  send  both 
on  to  the  third  man  down  the  line  who  was  to  continue  the 
process,  and  all  to  do  likewise  on  receipt  of  the  accumulating 
bundle  until  it  had  made  the  circuit  of  the  alphabet,  and  all 
had  had  an  opportunity  to  read  all  of  the  letters.  In  theory 
this  looked  all  right,  'but  in  practice  it  met  with  some  diffi- 
culties. It  was  not  easy  to  keep  track  of  the  young  graduate, 
just  liberated  from  a  four  years'  bondage.  Even  if  one  knew 
that  he  was  on  the  way  to  Hong  Kong,  there  was  no  way  of 
telling  just  how  long  he  would  be  in  getting  there,  so  as  to 
address  the  letter  properly  and  send  it  in  time ;  and  i^  the 
letter  should  arrive  the  next  day  or  the  next  week  after  the 
addressee  had  gone,  where  would  the  letter  go?  The  first 
one  started  was  lost,  but  a  second  met  with  better  luck ; 
though  it  took  several  years  for  it  to  make  the  circuit.  I  be- 
lieve it  went  to  Europe  once  or  twice  chasing  up  globe  trot- 
ters. It  was  delayed  two  years  at  one  time  as  related  by 
Fearon  in  his  biographical  sketch  in  this  book,  but  it  has  been 
preserved.  Its  several  components  written  by  persons  now 
deceased,  have  been  published  in  connection  with  biographical 
sketches  of  the  respective  authors,  for  these  reasons :  The 
letters  were  written  to  the  whole  Class  and  some  of  the  mem- 
bers have  not  had  an  opportunity  to  see  all  of  them  ;  and,  al- 
though they  may  not  contain  much  that  is  new  at  th:s  late  day. 


30  ('LASS  OF  '70,  UNIVERSITY  OF  MICHIGAN 

yet  the  tenor,  style  and  peculiar  expressions  used  in  them  by 
their  authors  will  revive  memories  of  the  departed  and  of 
college  days  which  we  would  not  willingly  miss.  In  reading 
these  letters  we  are  carried  back  to  the  old  time ;  we  seem  to 
have  with  us  again  the  same  mirthful  boys,  with  their  accus- 
tomed jollity  and  fun,  their  unfailing  friendship  and  brotherly 
affection — we  are  boys  again. 


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ARTHUR  C.  ADAMS,  A.  M.,  M.  D. 

Born  at  Washington,  D.  C.,  April  14,  1847— Died  at  Washing- 
ton, D.  C.,  December  31,  1904. 

Mr.  Adams  continued  in  his  medical  practice  in  Washing- 
ton from  1903  until  his  death. 

In  his  last  letter  to  the  secretary  he  said: 

"Am  royally  glad  to  hear  from  old  '70.  We  see  and  hear 
comparatively  nothing  from  members  of  the  Class,  but  enter- 
tain the  very  best  wishes  for  their  welfare.  A  call  from  one 
and  all  would  be  highly  esteemed." 

Second  Class  Letter. 

Washington,  Feb.  26,  1875. 

Dr.  Adams  presents  his  compliments  to  the  members  of 
"Seventy,"  tendering  most  cordially  his  services  to  gratify  the 
"eye  and  stomach"  of  any  classmate  who  should  be  so  for- 
tunate as  to  visit  the  Capital  City,  or  so  unfortunate  as  to 
direct  his  steps  hitherward  during  the  "honeymoon,"  as 
Washington  seems  to  be  a  very  delectable  place  for  many 
such.  After  leaving  Ann  Arbor  I  passed  the  summer  and 
autumn  in  Chicago  and  Evanston.  Returning  to  Washing- 
ton the  following  winter,  when  the  study  of  medicine  attracted 
my  attention.  Passed  two  years  as  assistant  in  the  Freed- 
man's  Hospital.  Received  the  M.  D.  in  March,  '73,  and  have 
since  been  administering  the  healing  art  in  the  vicinity  of  1102 
Eighth  street  N.  W.  Also  occupy  the  position  of  visiting 
physician  to  the  Children's  Hospital,  and  now  we  are  ready 
to  prescribe  or  operate.  Entertain  no  thought  of  marrying. 
I  have  been  in  love  innumerable  times  and  engaged  about  ten 


32  CLASS  OF  '70,  UNIVERSITY  OF  MICHIGAN 

times.     I  have  been  concerned  in  several  -births,  but  medical 
ethics  prohibits  further  detail. 

Hoping  health,  happiness  and  prosperity  may  accompany 
every  member  of  '70,  I  remain, 

as  formerly, 

ARTHUR  C.  ADAMS. 

His  son,  Louis  W.  Adams,  was  graduated  from  the  Mas- 
sachusetts Institute  of  Technology  in  1903,  and  at  present  is 
manager  of  the  steel  works  department  of  the  Ashland  Iron 
&  Mining  Company  at  Ashland,  Ky.  He  is  married  and  has 
two  boys.  His  sister,  Mrs.  Eric  Plump,  is  living  at  401  Stuy- 
vesant  Avenue,  Brooklyn,  N.  Y.,  has  one  daughter. 


GEORGE  WASHINGTON  ALLYN,  A.  M.,  M.  D. 

Born  in  Plymouth,  Mich.,  November  28,  1845— Died  at  1030 
Morewood  Ave.,  Pittsburg,  Pa.,  February  26,  1921. 

Dr.  Allyn  attended  our  Class  re-union  last  June. 

He  wrote  the  following  only  a  short  time  before  his  death : 

"But  little  has  happened  to  record  since  1903,  when  our 
full  history  was  published. 

"In  1906  my  wife  and  I  made  our  third  trip  to  Europe. 
We  took  the  southern  route.  We  landed  at  Naples  and  took 
the  steamer  at  once  for  Palermo.  It  was  my  desire  to  visit 
the  scenes  of  the  Grecian  settlement  on  the  island  and  the 
punic  wars  of  Rome.  From  Taormina  we  could  look  down 
upon  the  seashore  of  Naxos,  the  original  landing  place  of  the 
Greeks.  The  visit  to  Girgenti  (the  Agrigentum  of  the  Ro- 
mans) recalled  vividly  the  Roman  times  and  the  splendid  Gre- 
cian temples  took  us  back  to  B.  C.  500.  On  returning  to  the 
mainland,  we  visited  Perugia,  that  old  Etruscan  town.  Here 
we  visited  the  Etruscan  tombs,  with  the  inscriptions  which 


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have  never  been  read.  We  visited  several  places  not  visited 
in  former  visits.  In  1917  and  1918  I  made  some  seventy  large- 
size  enlargement  of  my  negatives,  which  I  had  made  in  oils 
and  mounted.  These  I  exhibited  in  the  Art  Room  of  the  Car- 
negie Institute.  The  exhibition  was  fully  described  in  papers 
of  the  city  and  several  exhaustive  descriptions  were  made  of 
the  members.  In  the  spring  of  1917  I  retired  from  my  work, 
and  my  residence,  wanted  as  an  outlet  to  the  Carnegie  Insti- 
tute of  Technology,  was  sold.  One  winter  was  passed  -in 
Washington,  D.  C.,  one  in  Florida  and  this  winter  was  passed 
in  Pittsburg.  We  are  in  good  health  at  the  present  writing. 

"GEORGE  W.  ALLYN." 

Dr.  Allyn  for  many  years  occupied  his  vacation  seasons 
largely  in  making  enlarged  bromide  prints  from  negatives 
taken  by  him  during  summer  outings.  These  were  made  on 
a  variety  of  art  papers  and  tinted  in  oil  colors,  being  a  process 
standing  between  straight  photography  and  painting  in  oil 
colors.  The  doctor  having  been  the  secretary  of  the  Pitts- 
burg  Academy  of  Science  and  Art  for  years  and  then  its  presi- 
dent, dedicated  the  bromide  prints  to  the  Academy.  Dr.  Allyn 
was  an  enthusiastic  photographer.  He  found  great  pleasure 
in  completing  these  works  of  art. 

A  Pittsburg  paper  speaks  of  Dr.  Allyn's  exhibition  as  fol- 
lows : 

"The  salon  of  enlarged  bromide  photographs,  hand-colored 
in  oil,  Gallery  K,  Carnegie  Institute,  the  work  of  Dr.  George 
W.  Allyn,  is  a  photographic  event.  It  is  an  event  for  artistic 
picture  makers  by  the  photographic  art  because  Dr.  Allyn  has 
challenged  the  criticism  of  the  friends  of  both  'straight  pho- 
tography' and  painting.  *  *  *  The  finicky  photographer 
will  probably  say,  'They're  not  photographs.'  The  artist  will 
probably  say,  'They're  not  paintings.'  Those  who  admire 


34  CLASS  OF  -70,  TXIVKHSITY  OF  MICHIGAN 

beautiful  pictures,  regardless  of  the  medium,  will  say  they're 
well-made  works  of  art.  One,  'Black  Head,'  a  view  on  the 
coast  at  Monegan,  Me.,  is  a  picture  that  either  the  critical 
photographer  or  painter  would  'be  proud  to  claim  as  his  own. 
The  darkly  frowning  headland,  erect  and  powerful  as  a  gigan- 
tic sentinel,  has  been  the  joy  of  some  of  the  foremost  painters 
of  the  country,  whose  pictures  have  been  shown  in  our  inter- 
national salon.  It  is  the  sort  of  bold  fascination  that  brings 
the  spectator  back  to  it  for  another  look. 

"In  contrast  to  'Black  Head,'  with  its  imperial  grandeur, 
is  'Sunshine,'  a  village  street  scene  in  the  same  vicinity.  'Sun- 
shine' charms  with  its  simplicity.  'Black  Head'  commands 
with  its  suggestion  of  potential  power.  The  lines  of  'Sun- 
shine' lull  with  a  reposeful  atmosphere — 'Black  Head'  makes 
one  think  of  a  16-inch  gun  on  guard.  What  may  be  called 
'A  Hetzel'  is  a  bit  of  landscape  at  Middle  Scalp  Level,  which 
has  been  the  favorite  sketching  ground  for  Pittsburg  artists 
for  half  a  century.  But  there  is  more  of  the  Hetzel  in  this 
lively  landscape  than  the  Scalp  Level  scenery.  The  Hetzel 
composition  is  there  and  the  dash  of  Hetzel  sunshine  lights 
it  in  just  the  right  place  and  the  right  way.  'Lower  Scalp 
Level'  is  a  fitting  companion.  'Morning  Reflections'  is  a  view 
on  Chartiers  Creek,  a  mile  below  Bridgeville,  is  Dr.  Allyn's 
hint  that  it  isn't  necessary  to  go  far  from  home  to  find  the 
material  for  beautiful  pictures.  This  is  a  charming  little 
brook  scene,  happy  in  the  arrangement  of  the  trees  and  por- 
trayal of  the  lights  and  shadows  in  the  water  of  the  fore- 
ground. It  is  likewise  an  illustration  of  how  hard  it  is  for  the 
photographer  to  get  what  he  wants  and  preserve  the  sim- 
plicity his  eye  sees. 

"  'Evening'  and  'Night,'  two  pictures  of  woods  and  stream, 
taken  at  Romnev,  W.  Va.,  will  be  remembered  by  every  one 


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who  sees  this  exhibit.  The  prints  are  of  the  same  depth,  but 
differ  almost  as  the  poles  through  the  coloring.  'Evening'  is 
light  and  full  of  life,  with  brilliant  foliage  and  sparkling  light, 
while  'Night'  is  simply  a  duplicate  of  the  same  picture  put 
into  a  dove  color  key,  dark  blue.  The  very  weight  of  a  dark- 
ening atmosphere  is  felt  as  well  as  seen  in  this  picture.  The 
beholder  can  fairly  feel  the  darkness  settling  down  all  around 
and  clinging  to  him.  'Autumn/  another  local  picture  taken 
at  Chartiers,  reminds  that  Bayard  Taylor,  the  world-traveler, 
once  said  the  scenery  of  Western  Pennsylvania  surpassed  in 
beauty  anything  in  the  world.  After  inspecting  Dr.  Allyn's 
home  pictures  of  home  landscape,  one  is  ready  to  agree. 
'Husking  Time'  and  'The  Frost  Is  on  the  Pumpkin'  are 
autumn  farm  scenes  that  hold  the  admiration  without  the 
dash  and  sparkle  of  the  coast  pictures  or  the  reflected  beauty 
of  the  woods  and  streams.  'The  Velvet  Pathway'  at  Monhe- 
gan,  Me.,  is  carpeted  with  beautiful  lichens  and  leads  through 
cathedral  woods  to  an  extended  view  of  the  acean.  The  com- 
position is  admirable.  'Fern  Glen/  also  at  Monhegan,  Me., 
is  a  much-admired  piece  of  woods  interne.  'Fern  Glade/  in 
the  same  locality,  a  little  ravine,  cool  and  shady,  down  which 
the  waters  of  the  passing  shower  trickle  between  its  rocks 
and  mosses.  'White  Head/  Monhegan,  Me.,  shows  how  'The 
breaking  waves  dashed  high  on  a  stern  and  rock-bound  coast/ 
'A  Roller'  is  the  reward  of  the  extremely  difficult  job  of  get- 
ting a  satisfying  picture  of  the  dash  and  smash  of  a  'roller' 
against  the  rocks  crowding  down  to  the  very  water's  edge. 
There  is  the  wave,  the  rocks,  the  spray — the  picture.  The 
waves  have  met  a  resistance  greater  than  their  own  after  an 
unimpeded  sweep  of  2,000  miles.  'The  Washerwoman'  is 
another  breaker  scene  at  Monhegan,  where  the  water  mounts 
to  200  feet  in  the  air  at  times.  'Across  the  North  Harbor/ 


36  CLASS  OF  '70,  UNIVERSITY  OF  MICHIGAN 

same  locality,  is  a  pleasing  composition  with  many  features 
of  unusual  artistic  values.  'Transept  of  Lincoln  Cathedral/ 
'Choir  of  Lincoln  Cathedral'  and  'Xicola  Pisano's  Pulpit  at 
Pisa,  Italy/  are  unusual  bits  of  architectural  photography. 
The  Pisano  pulpit  is  the  first  sculpture  after  the  Dark  Ages. 
Other  church  sculpture  is  pictured  at  other  Italian  cathedrals. 
St.  Mark's,  Venice,  is  shown  in  an  across-the-bay  view." 

A  Pittsburgh  paper  of  February  27,  1921,  contained  the 
following  notice  of  his  death : 

"Dr.  George  W.  Allyn,  physician  and  Civil  War  veteran, 
died  yesterday  at  his  home,  1030  Morewood  avenue.  Dr. 
Allyn  was  born  November  28,  1845,  in  Plymouth,  Mich.  He 
graduated  from  the  University  of  Michigan  in  the  scientific 
and  medical  departments.  When  the  Civil  War  began  he 
enlisted  in  the  Navy  and  was  assigned  to  the  lower  Mississippi 
squadron,  where  he  remained  until  the  war  closed.  Dr.  Allyn 
came  to  Pittsburgh  in  1878,  taught  natural  science  in  the 
High  Schools  for  six  years,  practicing  medicine  at  the  same 
time.  In  1884  he  began  his  specialty  of  eye  and  ear  work  and 
continued  this  practice  until  1917. 

"He  was  at  one  time  president  and  secretary  of  the  Acad- 
emy of  Science  and  Art,  Carnegie  Institute  of  Technology,  a 
member  of  the  Allegheny  Medical  Society,  the  State  Medical 
Society,  the  Otological  Society,  the  Ophthalmological  Society 
and  Post  No.  259,  G.  A.  R.  He  leaves  his  widow  and  a 
brother,  Dr.  H.  S.  Allyn,  of  Brazil." 

"The  Bulletin,"  the  organ  of  the  Academy  of  Science  at 
Pittsburgh,  said  : 

"Death  of  Dr.  Allyn. — We  regret  to  record  the  death  of 
Dr.  George  W.  Allyn.  He  was  one  of  the  most  faithful  and 
useful  members  that  the  Academy  has  ever  had  serving  as 
Secretary  and  President,  being  largely  instrumental  in  the 


DEPARTMENT  or  LITER  ATT  UK,  HriExrE  AND  ARTS      37 

formation  of  several  sections,  among  them  the  Photographic 
section.  In  a  very  real  sense  the  Annual  Photographic  Salon 
is  and  will  be  a  memorial  to  Dr.  Allyn." 

MARCUS  BAKER,  A.  M.,  LL.  D. 

Born    at    Kalamazoo,    Mich.,    September    28,    1849 — Died    at 
Washington,  D.  C.,  December  12,  1903. 

The  first  Class  letter  was  started  by  Adams,  but  went 
astray  and  never  showed  up.  The  Class  spirit,  always  pos- 
sessed by  Baker,  induced  him  to  start  another,  as  follows: 

University  of  Michigan, 
Ann  Arbor,  Dec.  10,  1871. 
Dear  Classmates: 

The  Class  letter  seems  to  have  had  'but  sorry  success  thus 
far,  but  yet  it  is  hardly  worth  while  to  cry  "quarter"  and  give 
up  beaten.  Adams  started  the  letter  as  per  agreement  shortly 
after  Commencement,  and  I  forwarded  it  to  Baldwin  and  have 
never  heard  from  it.  As  Adams  has  not  started  another,  I 
take  the  liberty  of  doing  so,  for  I  feel  very  anxious  to  have 
the  matter  carry.  And,  being  the  first  to  write,  pardon  me 
for  urging  that  each  one,  upon  the  receipt  of  this,  immediately 
forward  to  the  successor,  with  the  request  that  he  acknowl- 
edge the  receipt  of  it.  so  that  if  at  any  time  it  shall  miscarry, 
it  may  be  known  and  reported  to  Carter  or  the  "Chronicle." 

By  a  little  care  on  the  part  of  each  one,  we  can  get  this 
epistle    through    Uncle    Sam's    mail    bags    and    receive    much 
enjoyment.    For  '70's  sake,  make  it  a  success. 
Very  cordially  yours  in  '70, 

M.  BAKER. 

The  last  thirty  years  of  Mr.  Baker's  active  life  was  spent 
in  the  employ  of  the  Government.  His  labors  in  the  U.  S. 


38  CLASS  OF  'TO,  TXIVKKSITY  OF  MICHIGAN 

Coast  Survey  took  him  to  Alaska  in  1873,  which  were  followed 
by  work  in  the  geological  field.  Mr.  Baker  was  cartographer 
of  the  Venezuelan  Commission  and  accompanied  the  Com- 
mission to  Paris.  When  the  Carnegie  Institution  was 
founded  at  Washington,  Mr.  Baker  prepared  the  articles  of 
incorporation,  and  was  made  its  assistant  secretary  and  served 
in  that  capacity  until  his  untimely  death.  From  the  time  of 
his  permanent  settlement  in  Washington  in  1875,  Mr.  Baker 
became  deeply  interested  in  its  various  scientific  activities. 
He  was  secretary  and  afterwards  president  of  the  Washington 
Philosophical  Society  and  at  one  time  was  member  of  the 
governing  boards  of  four  of  the  smaller  scientific  organiza- 
tions. 

JOHN  ALBERT  BALDWIN,  A.  B. 
Born  at  Detroit,  Mich.,  June  27,  1847. 

Address :     Los  Gatos,  California. 

The  last  letter  mailed  to  Mr.  Baldwin  within  two  or  three 
months   was   returned   with   the   memorandum,   "Not  found." 
Until  then  it  was  supposed  he  was  still  living  at  Los  Gatos, 
Cal.,  where  he  had  been  residing  since  1887. 
His  Class  letter  was  as  follows: 

Union  Theological  Seminary, 

New  York,  Dec.  15,  '71. 

Dear  Brothers  in  '70:    . 

You  see  from  the  heading  of  this  epistle  that  I  am  in  the 
great  Metropolis.  I  left  my  native  burgh  (Detroit)  in  the  fall 
of  '70  and  have  been  here  most  of  the  time.  The  entire  course 
here  is  three  years,  of  which  1  have  completed  one-half.  1 
hope  this  Class  letter  will  have  a  rapid  circulation,  and  upon 
him  who  holds  this  letter  may  the  everlasting  furies  of  Tar- 


DEPARTMENT  OF  LITERATI-RE,  SCIENCE  AND  ARTS      39 

traus  blow  dust  in  his  eyes.     May  the  second  start  be  a  suc- 
cessful one,  and  each  man  write  immediately. 
Ever  yours  in  '70, 

JOHN  A.  BALDWIN. 


CHARLES  BALLENGER,  A.  B. 

Born  at  Williamsburg,  Wayne  Co.,  Ind.,  September  28,  1846 
— Died  at  Indianapolis,  Ind.,  March  13,  1881. 

Following  was  his  Class  letter: 

Cambridge  City,  Ind.,  Dec.  25,  1871. 

Dear  Classmates: 

The  Class  letter  reached  me  Saturday  evening,  contain- 
ing two  letters,  one  from  Baker  and  one  from  Baldwin.  I 
learned  a  great  deal  about  Baker  from  his  letter. 

I  spent  the  summer  of  1870  on  my  father's  farm  near  Wil- 
liamsburg. Was  married  August  25,  1870,  to  Miss  Jennie 
Lamb,  taught  school  at  Emory,  Ind.,  in  the  fall  and  winter  of 
1870,  began  the  study  of  law  the  1st  of  February,  1871,  at  my 
father's.  Moved  to  this  place,  Cambridge  City,  September 
19th,  1871,  and  now  am  reading  and  practicing  with  my 
brother.  I  have  a  very  fine  little  boy  about  four  months  old, 
whom  I  suppose  to  be  the  "Class  boy."  If  circumstances  per- 
mit, I  hope  to  exhibit  him  at  the  Class  reunion  in  '73.  His 
name  is  Walter  Sylvester  Ballenger.  I  like  the  law  and  am 
rushing  it  with  about  all  the  energy  I  have.  Life  with  me 
passing  along  pleasantly  and  happy.  Now,  dear  Classmates, 
permit  me  to  say  that  the  man  of  '70  who  isn't  married  in  five 
years  after  graduation  at  A.  A.  isn't  half  a  man.  I  hope  this 


40  CLASS  OF  '70,  UNIVERSITY  OF  MICHIGAN 

letter  will  be  kept  going  rapidly  until  the  reunion  in  '73,  when 
we  can  arrange  to  start  a  new  one. 

Ever  yours, 

CHAS.  BALLENGER. 

This  is  Christmas.    May  it  be  merry  to  you  all. 

C.  B. 

A  letter  was  written  to  Walter  Sylvester  Ballenger  at 
Indianapolis,  Ind.,  recently,  asking  as  to  his  activities,  but  no 
reply  has  been  received  up  to  the  time  of  going  to  press.  It 
is  understood  that  he  is  doing  well  in  business  there. 


HENRY  HOYT  BARLOW,  A.  B. 
Born  at  Hastings,  Mich.,  June  10,  1850. 

Address:     Coldwater,  Mich. 

Mr.  Barlow  continues  in  his  successful  practice  of  the  law 
at  Coldwater,  Mich.  He  and  his  wife  were  present  at  our 
Semi-centennial  Re-union  last  June. 


DEPARTMENT  OF  LITERATURE,  SCIENCE  AND  ARTS      41 

GEORGE  WILLIAM  BATES,  A.  M. 
Born  at  Detroit,  Mich.,  November  4,  1848. 

Address:     Dime   Bank   Building,   Detroit,   Mich. 

Mr.  Bates  has  devoted  his  life  to  the  arduous  and  success- 
ful practice  of  law  at  Detroit,  where  he  has  hosts  of  friends. 
He  never  misses  a  Class  Re-union. 


PROFESSOR  WOOSTER  WOODRUFF  BEMAN,  A.  M., 

LL.  D. 

Born  at  Southington,  Hartford  Co.,  Conn.,  May  28,  1850. 

Address:     Ann  Arbor,  Mich. 

Professor  Beman  still  continues  at  the  head  of  the  Depart- 
ment of  Mathematics  of  the  University.  Is  a  member  of  the 
American  Mathematical  Society,  London  Mathematical  So- 
ciety, Deutsche  Mathematiker  Vereinigung,  Circolo  Matemat- 
ico  di  Palermo,  Italy,  fellow  A.  A.  A.  S.,  member  of  Phi  Beta 
Kappa,  Treasurer  of  Michigan  Baptist  Convention  for  many 
years,  was  member  of  executive  committee  Northern  Baptist 
Convention,  1910-16,  of  Federal  Council  Churches  of  Christ  in 
America,  1916-1920. 

Joint  author  (with  David  Eugene  Smith)  : 

Plane  and  Solid  Geometry,  1895;  Higher  Arithmetic,  1897; 
Famous  Problems  of  Elementary  Geometry  (from  the  Ger- 
man of  Klein),  1897;  New  Plane  &  Solid  Geometry,  1899; 


42  CLASS  OF  'TO,  UNIVERSITY  OF  MICHIGAN 

Elements  of  Algebra,  1900;  A  Brief  History  of  Mathematics 
(from  the  German  of  Fink),  1900;  Sundara  Row's  Geometric 
Exercises  in  Paper  Folding  (revision),  1901;  Academic  Alge- 
bra, 1902. 

Sole  author: 

Continuity  &  Irrational  Numbers ; 

Nature  &  Meaning  of  Numbers  (from  the  German  of  Dede- 
kind),  1901. 

The  regents  of  the  University  of  Michigan  at  their  recent 
meeting  adopted  resolutions  on  the  completion  of  50  years  of 
continuous  teaching  in  the  university,  which  has  been  ac- 
complished by  Prof.  W.  W.  Beman.  The  resolutions  follow : 

"Whereas,  W.  W.  Beman,  a  graduate  of  the  college  of  lit- 
erature, science  and  the  arts  of  the  University  of  Michigan 
with  the  class  of  1870,  has  been  a  member  of  the  teaching 
staff  of  that  college  for  50  continuous  years  and  since  1887 
head  of  the  department  of  mathematics. 

"Whereas,  he  has  been  a  teacher  of  scholarly  interests, 
whose  work  has  been  successful  to  a  rare  degree,  and 

"Whereas,  he  has  ever  been  untiring  in  his  devotion  to  the 
best  interests  of  his  alma  mater,  therefore,  be  It 

"Resolved,  that  the  regents  of  the  university  congratulate 
Prof.  Beman  upon  the  happy  completion  of  this  one-half  cen- 
tury of  university  service  and  express  to  him  their  full  ap- 
preciation of  the  work  which  he  has  done." 

The  Class  of  '70  is  under  very  many  obligations  to  Pro 
fessor  Beman  and  wife  for  their  kindness  and  generosity  in 
repeatedly  entertaining  us  at  their  charming  home  on  E. 
Kingsley  street,  Ann  Arbor,  on  the  occasions  of  our  re-unions. 
These  receptions  have  been  especially  delightful  to  our  ladies 
who  have  accompanied  us  on  these  pleasant  journeys. 


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JUDSON  SLATFORD  BIRD,  C.  E. 

Born  at  Ann  Arbor,  Mich.,  October  9,  1846— Died  at  Wash- 
ington Co.,  Kan.,  March  19,  1882. 

Class  Letter. 

Jackson,  Mich.,  March  30,  1872. 

Dear  Classmates : 

The  above  letterhead  shows  about  what  I  am  engaged  in 
now  (engineering  and  map-making).  My  life  has  been  a  busy 
one  since  I  left  Ann  Arbor.  For  the  first  nine  months  after 
graduating  I  published  city  maps  under  the  firm  name  of 
Taylor  &  Bird ;  was  then  appointed  City  Engineer  for  the  City 
of  Jackson,  Mich.,  which  position  I  still  have.  I  have  worked 
up  a  good  business  outside  of  my  official  duties  and  have  com- 
bined with  our  classmate,  Mickle,  in  a  state  agency  for  an 
iron  bridge  company  and  we  are  doing  first  rate.  Bird,  Mickle 
and  Waters  are  publishing  city  maps  at  the  rate  of  one  city 
per  month.  Altogether  our  corps  numbers  nine  men.  You 
can  count  on  my  being  at  that  little  fight  in  Ann  Arbor  in 
'73  over  the  cups.  I  feel  proud  that  our  class  is  multiplying 
so  rapidly  and  feel  sorry  I  have  no  part  in  the  matter. 

Yours  in  '70, 

J.  S.  BIRD. 

Mrs.  Mary  E.  Bird,  widow,  is  now  with  their  daughter, 
Mrs.  K.  G.  Westfall,  3616  South  Logan  Street,  Denver,  Colo- 
rado. 

Miss  Cora  Bird,  sister  of  our  classmate,  whom  many  of 
the  class  remember  out  in  the  old  peach  farm  near  A.  A.,  died 


44  CLASS  OF  'TO,  UNIVERSITY  OF  MICHIGAN 

April  9,  1920.  Mrs.  Jane  Bird,  mother  of  our  "Jed"  Bird,  died 
November  29,  1907,  at  the  ripe  old  age  of  83  years.  She  was 
born  in  Trowbridge,  Wiltshire,  England,  October  6,  1824. 
Miss  Jennie  L.  Bird,  her  daughter,  is  still  living  on  the  old 
Peach  Hill  farm. 


JULIUS  ABIRAM  BLACKBURN,  A.  M. 

Born  in  Town  of  Gaines,  Genesee  Co.,  Mich.,  February  23, 
1847— Died  at  Manchester,  Mich.,  April  25,  1876. 

Buffalo,  N.  Y.,  April  4,  1872. 

Dear  Classmates  of  '70: 

Class  letter  received  last  night,  and  contents  read 
with  much  pleasure.  With  a  desire  to  hasten  this  encyclical 
letter,  I  take  time,  which  does  not  probably  belong  to  me,  in 
order  to  write.  Since  graduation,  I  have  rejoiced  in  the  title 
of  "Brisk,  Wielder  of  the  Birch."  In  September,  1870,  I  was 
called  to  the  charge  of  the  High  School  of  Clannahan,  Illinois, 
where  I  was  initiated  in  the  work  of  teaching  and  was  taught 
to  feel  the  awful  importance  and  responsibility  of  the  peda- 
gogue. At  the  close  of  the  school  year,  I  resigned  my  posi- 
tion and  accepted  a  better  one  as  principal  of  No.  3  Grammar 
School  of  Buffalo,  where  I  am  now  engaged,  but  expect  soon 
to  go  Wrest  to  take  a  still  better  position  which  has  been  ten- 
dered me.  I  find  my  position  fraught  with  hard  work,  though 
interspersed  with  enough  of  the  amusing  and  ridiculous  to 
take  off  the  curse.  I  chanced  one  day  to  go  into  my  Primary 
Department  to  inform  the  little  ones  that  the  next  day  was 


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Thanksgiving  and  consequently  a  holiday.  I  undertook  to 
give  them  some  idea  of  the  nature  of  the  holiday  and  stated 
to  them  that,  by  a  proclamation  of  the  President  of  the  United 
States  it  was  made  general  throughout  the  country.  It  then 
occurred  to  me  that  it  might  be  well  to  test  them  a  little  as 
to  their  knowledge  of  the  Chief  Executive  of  the  nation.  Ac- 
cordingly I  asked  them  who  was  President  of  the  United 
States.  Well,  several  guesses  were  made,  but  no  one  seemed 
to  know.  Finally  a  little  girl  over  in  the  back  part  of  the 
room  held  up  her  hand,  and  in  a  piping  voice  called  out:  "I 
know,  Mr.  Blackburn."  Well,"  said  I,  "who  is  it?"  "Jesus 
Christ,"  she  shouted  (exit  Blackburn,  holding  his  sides). 

This  is  one  of  the  many  ridiculous  occurrences  in  the  ex- 
periences of  a  teacher. 

No  marriages  as  yet  in  my  experience  and  consequently 
no  births.  I  hope  this  circular  letter  may  meet  with  no  mis- 
haps, but  on  the  contrary  that  it  may  make  the  circuit  quickly, 
and  I  shall  look  for  its  return  to  me  with  much  interest  and 
pleasure.  In  conclusion,  I  join  with  imprecations  upon  the 
man,  who,  by  neglect  or  carelessness  diverts  or  delays  it  in 
its  ecliptic  (Figaro). 

In  the  bonds  of  '70, 

J.  A.  BLACKBURN. 


4(>  CLASS  OF  'TO,  UNIVERSITY  OF  MICHIGAN 

JAMES  HARRISON  BLANCHARD,  A.  B.,  LL.  B. 

Born  at  Niles,  Mich.,  December  6,  1846 — Died  at  Los  Ange- 
les, Cal.,  January  24,  1918. 

"Mr.  Blanchard  was  nominated  as  candidate  for  governor 
of  the  State  of  California  on  the  Prohibition  ticket  in  1906. 
Our  classmate,  John  S.  Mailman,  wrote  under  date  of  Janu- 
ary 25,  1918: 

"For  some  few  years  last  past,  Blanchard  had  ceased  from 
hard  work.  I  called  at  his  office  a  few  weeks  ago  for  a  little 
chat.  He  looked  pale  and  thin — some  internal  disorder  had 
weakened  him.  He  was  a  fine  character ;  all  his  leanings  were 
towards  the  lofty,  pure  and  noble  things.  He  labored  to  that 
end  in  temperance  and  church  lines,  even  to  preaching  on  the 
public  streets  of  the  city.  His  wife,  lately  deceased,  was 
noted  for  her  labors  in  the  affairs  of  women  and  children. 
This  leaves  me  the  sole  survivor  of  the  class  of  '70  in  these 
parts.  Jones,  Wells  and  Blanchard,  having  gone  hence,  await- 
ing above,  let  us  hope,  another  happy  re-union  of  dear  old 
'TO." 

His  Class  Letter. 

Ann  Arbor,  April   10,  1872. 

Dear  Classmates  of  '70: 

The  Classic  City  still  holds  me.     The  sacred  walls  of  alma 
.  mater  have  until  very  recently  protected  me  from  the  chilling 
blasts   of   the   outside   world.     Life   begins   to   look   real   ami 
earnest ;  am  simply  taking  breath  for  the  future. 

For  the  past  year  and  a  half  have  been  engaged  in  the  study 
of, law  and  beg  leave  to  state  to  the  unfortunates  of  '70  that 


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"Marriage  and  Divorce"  has  been  my  specialty  and  am  now 
ready  to  free  any  of  those  who  have  formed  any  unpleasant 
relations  by  a  divorce  a  mensa  et  thoro  or  divo'rce  a  vinculo. 
Large  retainers  are,  however,  necessary  before  anything  is 
done. 

Am  glad   to  hear  of  the  unprecedented   success  of  all   my 
classmates. 

Yours  without  a  tear  till  '73, 

JAMES  H.  BLANCHARD. 


CLARENCE  MORTON  BOSS,  M.  E. 

Born  in  Town  of  Pittsfield,  Washtenaw  Co.,  Mich.,  January 

2,  1850. 

Address:     4029  E.  Superior  St.,  Duluth,  Minn. 

In  the  previous  volume  of  the  Class  History,  Boss  was  left 
in  the  Sudbury  mining  district  of  Canada.  During  the  winter 
of  1902-3  the  Algoma  Commercial  Co.,  suspended  operations 
at  all  their  mining  properties,  including  the  Elsie  mine  at 
which  Boss  was  employed  as  superintendent,  and  he  returned 
to  his  home  at  Sault  Ste.  Marie,  Mich.  After  a  short  rest  he 
took  up  the  work  of  consulting  mining  engineer  and  was  en- 
gaged in  examining  and  reporting  on  mining  prospects  in 
Canada,  east  and  north  of  Lake  Superior. 

In  December,  1903,  a  trip  was  made  to  northern  Montana 
to  examine  some  mineral  claims  near  Li'bby  in  the  Kootenai 
river  district.  Returning  from  Montana  he  was  sent  to  east- 
ern Quebec,  Canada,  to  report  on  some  more  deposits. 

In  the  fall  of  1904,  accompanying  a  Canadian  survey  party, 
he  enjoyed  a  very  interesting  canoe  trip  through  the  northern 


48  CLASS  OF  '70,  UNIVERSITY  OF  MICHIGAN 

wilds,  going  up  the  Ottawa  river  and  over  the  height  of  land, 
then  down  Abitibi  lake  and  river  to  the  vicinity  of  Hudson 
Bay.  This  trip  occupied  two  months. 

The  winter  following  he  superintended  some  shaft  sinking 
on  iron  prospects  north  of  Sault  Ste.  Marie,  Ont. 

In  June,  1905,  he  passed  a  civil  service  examination  and  was 
appointed  a  government  inspector  of  dredge  work,  and  spent 
the  summer  checking  up  the  work  of  dredges  employed  in  the 
widening  and  deepening  of  the  river  channel  in  the  vicinity 
of  Sault  Ste.  Marie. 

In  October,  1905,  he  was  engaged  by  the  Canadian  Copper 
Co.,  to  superintend  the  development  of  a  new  nickel  property 
in  the  Sudbury  district.  This  work  was  a  success,  and  a 
permanent  desirable  situation  seemed  assured,  but  it  would 
involve  moving  his  family  there  for  a  home.  The  thought  of 
bringing  up  his  children  in  a  foreign  land  became  so  repug- 
nant that  in  March,  1906,  he  resigned  his  position  and  came 
to  Duluth,  Minn.,  and  entered  the  employ  of  the  Oliver  Iron 
Alining  Co.,  the  mining  subsidiary  of  the  U.  S.  Steel  corpora- 
tion. 

He  was  given  charge  of  diamond  drill  prospecting  on  the 
then  newly  discovered  Cuyuna  iron  range,  and  remained  there 
until  April,  1907.  He  was  then  sent  to  the  little  village  of 
Pyrites,  in  northern  St.  Lawrence  Co.,  N.  Y.,  to  investigate 
and  experiment  with  a  deposit  of  iron  pyrites  in  that  vicinity. 
He  completed  this  work  in  April,  1908,  and  returned  to  the 
Duluth  office  for  the  summer. 

On  Sept.  1,  Boss  was  appointed  to  the  newly  created  office 
of  mine  inspector  for  the  properties  of  the  company  in  the 
Michigan  mining  districts,  to  look  after  safety,  sanitation  and 
general  mining  conditions,  reporting  to  the  Duluth  office 
monthly.  The  duties  of  this  office  were  followed  until  Sep- 


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tember,  1909,  when  he  was  transferred  to  the  Minnesota  dis- 
trict to  take  tip  the  same  line  of  work,  which  he  has  continued 
to  date. 

The  Oliver  Iron  Mining  Co.  has  approximately  thirty  mines 
and  pits  in  the  Minnesota  district  in  operation  at  all  times, 
and  inspection  visits  are  made  to  each  of  these  at  least  once 
in  each  month.  The  work  is  somewhat  in  routine  at  present 
but  with  all  very  interesting. 

For  a  number  of  years  the  widely  varying  localities  to 
which  his  occupation  seemed  to  call  him  deprived  Boss  of 
much  of  the  pleasures  of  home  life.  His  family  remained  at 
the  home  at  Sault  Ste.  Marie,  Mich.,  until  he  went  to  Pyrites, 
N.  Y.,  in  the  spring  of  1907,  when  they  moved  to  Detroit, 
Mich.,  for  a  year,  where  his  son,  Alward,  completed  his  course 
in  manual  training  in  the  Thomas  Normal  Training  school. 

On  his  return  to  Duluth  in  1908,  Boss  brought  his  family 
there  and  established  a  permanent  home.  His  son,  Alward, 
after  graduating  in  Detroit,  was  instructor  in  manual  training 
at  Blees  Military  Institute  in  Missouri,  and  at  Niagara  Falls, 
N.  Y.,  finally  going  to  Prescott,  Ariz.,  to  take  charge  of  that 
work  in  the  public  schools  there.  At  the  close  of  his  first 
year  in  Prescott,  he  married  Florence  Troy  Jones,  daughter 
of  a  prominent  citizen,  and  settled  down  to  steady  work  with 
the  schools  there.  Four  children  have  come  to  him,  and  his 
home  life  is  a  very  happy  one.  After  eight  years  of  service 
in  Prescott.  he  moved  to  Bisbee,  Ariz.,  to  take  up  the  same 
line  of  work. 

Boss'  daughter,  Mary  Agnes,  graduated  from  the  Duluth 
High  School  in  1914,  and  completed  a  course  in  Domestic 
Science  at  Stout  Institute,  Menomonie,  Wis.,  in  15)16.  She 
has  since  remained  in  Duluth. 

In  the  spring  of  1917,  Boss  and  his  wife  enjoyed  a  trip  to 
southern  California,  visiting  various  points  of  interest,  and 


50  TLASS  or  'TO,  UNIVERSITY  OF  MICHIGAN 

on  their  return  trip  spending  several  days  with  their  son  and 
family  at  Prescott,  Ariz.  They  also  visited  the  wonderful 
Grand  Canyon  of  the  Colorado. 

The  great  grief  of  a  lifetime  came  to  Boss  in  February,  15)10, 
when  his  beloved  wife  passed  away  after  an  illness  of  two 
months,  leaving  a  void  that  cannot  be  filled  in  this  life.  Since 
that  time  strenuous  attention  to  work  serves  to  divert  his 
mind,  and  time  will  sooth  the  wound.  He  maintained  his 
comfortable  home  in  Duluth,  with  his  daughter,  Mary  Agues, 
as  housekeeper. 

Although  not  quite  so  sprightly  as  in  the  past,  Ross  still 
retains  sufficient  physical  vigor  to  expect  to  remain  in  the 
harness  for  several  years  yet.  He  enjoys  fishing  and  shooting 
in  season,  and  takes  great  interest  in  baseball  and  all  athletic 
sports.  He  has  attended  all  the  reunions  of  '70  since  the 
vigitenial,  and  is  planning  on  renewing  the  old  associations 
again  in  1925. 

Duluth,  Minn.,  September,   19£0. 

REV.  FRANKLIN  BRADLEY,  A.  M. 

Born  at  Chatham,  10  miles  south  of  Springfield,  111.,  June  4, 
1845— Died  at   Clarkston,   Mich.,   May  22,   1916. 

Mr.  Bradley's  latter  years  were  passed  under  the  cloud  of  a 
great  bodily  affliction.  To  those  of  his  classmates  and  other 
friends  who  were  informed  as  to  its  nature,  the  loveliness  of 
his  Saintly  character  shone  forth  clear  and  bright  under  the 
conditions  of  his  severe  trials  like  a  star  of  the  first  magnitude. 
In  spite  of  his  growing  infirmities  and  loss  of  strength,  Mr. 
Bradley  continued  faithful  to  his  charge,  showing  great  de- 
votion to  his  life  work  and  astonishing  fortitude  in  his  sup- 
pression with  a  smile  and  without  a  murmur,  the  sharp  pangs 


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of  physical  pain  which  from  time  to  time  reminded  him  of  his 
misfortune.  He  commanded  the  deepest  sympathy  of  the  en- 
tire class. 

On  June  15,  1915,  he  wrote  what  proved  to  be  his  last  letter 
to  the  Class.  It  is  here  printed  in  full. 

"As  the  days  draw  near  for  the  gathering  of  the  Class  forty- 
five  years  after  graduation,  the  longing  to  be  with  you  grows 
on  me,  but  it  cannot  be  so.  I  send  my  greetings  and  assure 
you  that  in  spirit  I  shall  be  with  you.  I  want  to  thank  the 
members  of  the  Class  for  their  interest  in  me  and  for  the 
cheering  encouraging  letters  several  have  written  me.  I  have 
not  felt  able  to  answer  all,  but  have  certainly  appreciated  them. 
After  42  years  in  the  active  ministry  I  was  retired  last  Sep- 
tember. We  have  a  pleasant  little  home  in  this  village  of 
Clarkston,  situated  among  the  lakes  and  the  hills  of  Oakland 
County,  Mich.  I  have  had  relief  but  am  not  cured.  I  have 
enjoyed  my  life  work  and  would  be  glad  to  continue  longer 
in  it.  I  am  trying  to  keep  sweet  and  submissive  and  am  find- 
ing the  comfort  and  sustaining  grace  of  God  sufficient.  The 
years  are  passing  with  us  all.  but  life  has  been  worth  the  liv- 
ing and  I  am  sure  we  have  all  tried  to  make  good.  In  mind 
I  shall  shake  hands  with  you  all  and  wish  you  all  God  speed 
in  the  journey  still  before  you.  There  has  been  much  of  lov- 
ing fellowship  cementing  us  together  during  our  student 
years  and  the  years  that  have  followed,  and  I  am  sure  it  will 
continue  to  mature  and  be  more  manifest  when  we  go  on  into 
the  fuller  life  of  the  future.  I  would  be  with  vou  to  see  your 
faces  and  hear  your  voices  and  grasp  your  hands  and  have 
a  share  in  the  sones  and  the  cheer.  My  heart  will  be  there 
though  it  seems  a  long  way  to  Ann  Arbor. 

Cordially  Your  Classmate, 

FRANKLIN  BRADLEY." 


52  CLASS  OF  '70,  UNIVERSITY  OF  MICHIGAN 

THOMAS  HARPER  BUSH,  A.  B. 

Born  at  Tremont,  near  Pekin,  Tazewell  Co.,  111.,  April  3,  1847 — 
Died  at  Chicago,  111.,  March  29,  1887. 

Class  Letter. 

Geneseo,  Illinois, 

May  27,  1872. 
Dear  brothers  and  sisters: 

My  autobiography  is  as  follows : 

July  13,  '70,  sailed  from  New  York,  visited  Great  Britain. 
Winter  of  '70-'71,  at  Leipzig  with  Scott,  Moses  and  Prof. 
D'Ooge.  Spring  of  '71  went  south  via  Berlin  and  Vienna  to 
Italy,  there  two  months,  one  of  them  at  Rome.  In  June  went 
north  via  Munich  to  Heidelberg.  In  August  walked  over 
Switzerland.  In  September  returned  home  by  way  of  Paris. 
Law  lectures  at  A.  A.  under  the  maternal  roof  until  holi- 
days of  '71-72.  Since  then  in  the  office  of  an  uncle  at  this 
place,  reading  my  50  pages  per  day  of  Kent,  Mark  Twain,  etc., 
etc.  Expect  to  be  at  A.  A.  again  next  winter  and  to  see  the 
excitement  at  Commencement  '73.  Shall  not  marry  until  after 
that  event. 

To  my  dear  nephew,  Walter  Sylvester  Ballinger,  I  hereby 
send  my  joyful  congratulations.  You  were  born  under  a 
lucky  star,  my  boy !  Who  would  have  suspected  that  you 
were  the  individual  about  whom  the  '70  wise  men  disputed 
so  long  and  earnestly  !  "Such  is  life  !"  Ah  !  Winch  !  We  little 
thought  that  night  last  winter  when  we  came  up  to  see  the 
"Class  Boy"  and  have  some  oysters  that  you  were  attempting 
to  buy  our  votes,  but  I'm  not  sure  but  what  Carter  is  right 
and  there  should  be  two  cups. 


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The  boy  of  August  12th  is  legally  entitled  to  the  cup  and 
his  name  begins  with  a  B.  That's  an  advantage.  But  the 
remembrance  of  those  oysters  is  sufficient  to  me  at  least  to 
confuse  the  dates  a  little.  Mr.  President,  I  move  a  cup  to  "the 
boy  of  August  13th." 

BUSH. 


PATRICK  HENRY  BUMPUS,  A.  B.,  M.  D. 

Born  at  Ypsilanti,  Mich.,  January  21,  1841. — Died  at  Dever- 
eaux,  Mich.,  February  18,  1898. 

Class  Letter. 

Jackson,  Mich.,  May  13,   1872. 
Dear  Classmates : 

The  long  looked  for  Class  letter  has  at  length  arrived.  I 
have  led  an  eventful  life  since  graduation,  the  recital  of  which 
would  draw  tears  from  the  fretful  crocodile.  The  first  great 
event  happened  on  the  16th  day  of  August,  1870,  when,  in  the 
presence  of  Tweedy  and  Ripley  -and  sundry  other  persons,  I 
took  upon  myself  the  awful  responsibility  of  supporting  a 
wife  and  family.  I  tell  you  I  have  passed  through  some  har- 
rowing scenes  since  then  and  prudence  forbids  a  recital.  In 
October  of  the  same  year  I  had  quite  a  fit  of  sickness  and 
came  near  "pegging  out,"  but  made  out  to  "rally  around  the 
flag  boys"  and  came  out  all  right.  Since  that  time  I  have 
sawed  wood  and  worked  at  -  -  occupations.  Last  win- 

ter I  attended  medical  lectures  at  alma  mater  and  had  a  good 
time  with  the  boys.  Bird,  Mickle,  Waters  and  Fleming  are 
here  in  Jackson.  I  am  now  engaged  in  peddling  sewing  ma- 
chines and  doing  my  part  to  humbug  the  public  generally.  T 
am  not  yet  able  to  state  that  married  life  is  the  sweetest  thing 


54  CLASS  OF  70,  UNIVERSITY  OF  MICHIGAN 

on  wheels.     At  least  such  is  not  my  experience.     Well,  good 
bye  boys  and  be  at  A.  A.  in  1873. 

Yours  Fraternally, 

PAT  H.  RUMPUS. 

CHARLES  FRANCIS  BURTON,  A.  M.,  LL.  B. 

Born  in  Romulus,  Seneca  Co.,  N.  Y.,  November  8,  1849. — Died 
at  Detroit,  Mich.,  October  5th,  1911. 

Mr.  Burton  suffered  a  stroke  of  apoplexy  Oct.  5,  1911,  while 
on  a  street  car  in  the  City  of  Detroit,  where  he  then  resided. 
He  lingered  in  an  unconscious  condition  at  his  home  for  two 
days  before  he  finally  passed  away. 

Our  Classmate  George  W.  Bates  kindly  sent  a  wreath  for 
the  casket  marked  "Class  of  '70,  University  of  Michigan." 

He  had  been  continuously  practicing  law  at  Detroit  for 
about  37  years.  For  nearly  30  years  of  that  time  he  had  given 
his  attention  to  patent  law  and  was  widely  recognized  as  an 
expert  in  that  branch  of  the  law  profession.  He  was  con- 
nected with  the  firm  of  Parker  &  Burton  in  the  Moffat  block. 
He  left  a  wide  circle  of  acquaintances  both  within  and  outside 
of  his  profession.  He  was  a  member  of  the  Wayne  County 
Bar. 

His  widow  Martha  and  daughters  Ethel  E.  Burton  and 
Anna  Grace  Grow  all  still  survive  him.  Mrs.  Burton  and  her 
daughter  Ethel  at  present  are  in  Los  Angeles,  but  consider 
Detroit  as  their  home. 

Class  Letter. 

Detroit,   May  24,   1872. 
Dear  Brothers  of  '70 : 

I  am  glad  to  hear  from  those  who  have  gone  before  me 
matrimonially  as  well  as  alphabetically.  May  the  pleasures 


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of  family  life  never  grow  less  for  those  who  have  entered  into 
that  blissful  state. 

My  own  hopes  of  following  their  example  are  not  at  present 
very  great.  The  prospects  are  that  when  next  I  meet  you  all 
it  will  be  in  the  character  of  a  bachelor  forlorn. 

Although  like  the  rest  of  you  I  have  been  living  history, 
still  it  has  been  very  uneventful.  On  the  4th  of  July  after 
graduation  I  commenced  work  on  the  lunar  tables  for  Prof. 
J.  C.  Watson.  Remained  in  A.  A.  until  the  next  May,  taking 
the  winter  course  of  lectures  in  law.  During  the  summer  of 
'71,  I  was  in  the  Lake  survey  office  in  Detroit.  In  the  autumn 
I  went  back  to  Ann  Arbor  and  during  the  past  winter  I  fin- 
ished the  law  course.  Have  been  admitted  and  am  ready  to 
assist  Blanchard  in  obtaining  those  divorces.  Owing  to  the 
migratory  character  of  the  old  Class,  I  have  had  the  fortune  to 
see  many  of  the  boys  during  the  past  two  year^,  and  they  are 
doing  well. 

I  am  situated  where  I  can  gaze  down  upon  the  Noble  How- 
land  as  he  sits  in  his  office  below  me.  Oratorical  Bates  is 
just  across  the  way  in  one  direction  and  muscular  Campau  in 
another  and  during  the  season  I  expect  to  hold  numerous 
seances  with  the  musical  Baldwin. 

Well,  boys,  I  wish  I  had  a  more  eventful  history  of  my  own 
to  give  you  and  when  we  meet  next  year,  I  hope  to  be  able 
to  relate  stories  of  hair-breadths  escapes  and  all  of  that. 

But  until  that  time  I  give  you  the  health  and  prosperity  of 
the  mem'bers  of  the  glorious  old  Class.  May  its  numbers  in- 
crease and  multiply. 

CHARLES  F.  BURTON. 


56  CLASS  OF  '70,  UNIVERSITY  OF  MICHIGAN 

GEORGE  THROOP   CAMPAU,   A.   B.,   LL.   B. 

Born  at   Detroit,   Mich.,  July  29th,   1847.     Died    at    Detroit, 
Mich.,  February  5th,  1879. 

Class  Letter. 

Detroit,  Mich., 

May  23,  1872. 
George  T.  Campau  : 

''Hail  fellows  well  met,"  and  a  most  hearty  greeting  to  all 
dear  Classmates,  who  will,  I  trust,  pardon,  this  once,  my  char- 
acteristic egotism  in  beginning  this  note  with  my  name,  but  it 
saves  turning  this  portly  volume  an  unseemly  summersault  to 
find  the  illustrious  author  of  each  autobiography. 

On  the  12th  of  July  after  we  parted,  I  sailed  across  "ye 
briny  deep,"  and  while  in  mid-ocean,  July  18,  war  was  de- 
clared, we  were  warned  of  the  event  by  an  English  pilot  boat 
and  just  escaped  capture  by  a  French  cruiser  by  running  into 
Plymouth  (I  was  in  a  German  packet).  Was  in  Berlin  during 
the  first  half  of  the  war  and  a  few  weeks  after  Sedan;  there 
was  much  to  see  of  course,  but  it  broke  up  my  plans  entirely, 
and  rather  than  waste  the  time  waiting  its  uncertain  termina- 
tion, I  returned  by  way  of  England  to  Detroit.  Spent  six 
weeks  on  my  father's  fisheries,  after  which  it  required  185 
pounds  averdupois  to  balance  the  scales.  On  November  29, 
I  started  for  Albany  where  I  spent  the  last  six  months  of  the 
course  in  law  under  Sen.  Ira  Harris,  Judge  Parker  and  others. 
It  was  a  good  school.  Returned  to  Detroit  in  June,  1871,  en- 
tered Holbrook's  office,  studied  a  little  and  was  admitted  May 
10,  1872.  Am  working  on  my  first  case  "a  nigger  in  the 
fence." 

Faithfully  Classmates,  I  ever  remain  to  "70, 

G.  T.  CAMPAU. 


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Mrs.  Campau  and  her  three  boys,  Woolsey,  Montgomery 
and  George  are  living  in  Detroit.  Woolsey  and  Montgomery 
are  married.  George  is  with  his  mother.  Two  or  three  of 
them  have  attended  the  University.  They  are  all  pleasantly 
situated. 


OSCAR  JAMES  CAMPBELL,  A.  M.,  Ph.  B.,  LL.  B. 

Born  at  Cuba,  N.  Y.,  April  27,  1846.— Died  at  Cleveland,  O., 

June  17,  1917. 

Class  Letter. 

Cleveland,  O.,  May  29,  1872. 

All  hail ! 

"Health  to  old  Seventy,  we  pledge."  My  first  cup  to  'TO. 
Blessings  on  Walter  Sylvester  Ballenger  and  his  father  and 
his  mother.  Walter  Sylvester  Ballenger,  in  the  language  of 
Rip  Van  Winkle  "here's  to  your  good  health  and  your  wife's 
and  your  family's — may  they  live  long  and  prosper." 

My  second  cup  to  Walter  Sylvester  Ballenger,  born  Aug- 
ust 12,  1871,  Harley  Corson  Winchell,  born  August  13,  1871, 
ought  not  to  be  slighted. 

My  third  cup  to  Harley  Corson  Winchell  who  came  within 
one  of  it."  The  letter  came  to  me  this  morning  like  a  "gale 
from  Araby."  It  was  read  with  "feelings."  Space  too  short 
to  gush.  Business :  I  came  first  to  the  confessional.  I  am 
virtuous,  consequently  pretending  to  be  looking  for  a  school. 
In  that  time  I  took  a  kind  of  a  post  graduate  course.  Learned 
things  I  had  not  learned  in  calculus  or  quintilian.  *  *  *  Spent 
six  weeks  of  summer  under  the  paternal  roof,  taught  mathe- 
matics in  high  school  Ann  Arbor,  school  year  of  '70-71.  Came 


58  CLASS  OF  '70,  UNIVERSITY  OF  MICHIGAN 

to  Cleveland,  June  19,  1871,  into  Hutchins  &  Ingersoll's  law 
office  where  I  still  am. 

Most  heartily  in  the  bonds  of  '70, . 

O.  J.  CAMPBELL. 

The  following  is  a  characteristic  letter  from  our  old  time 
genial  Classmate : 

Cleveland,  O.,  April  20,  1905. 

Of  course  I  shall  attend  old  '70  reunion.  I  shall  bring  with 
me  "my  sisters  and  my  cousins  and  my  aunts",  so  to  speak. 
That  is  to  say,  my  son  Charles  Fuller  Campbell  will  graduate 
in  June,  so  my  wife  and  my  daughter  will  be  in  Ann  Arbor 
on  that  occasion  and  will  eat  with  the  class — the  boy  will 
probably  have  other  engagements.  Rufe  Day  wrote  me  he 
would  be  there  to  see  his  son  Steve  graduate. 

Oh,  won't  we  have  a  jolly  time.  Carter  put  the  kettle  on 
and  we'll  all  take  tea.  Seventy  forever ! ! 

Yours  truly, 

O.  J.  CAMPBELL. 

The  following  letter  recently  received  from  O.  J.  C.,  Jr. : 
My  father's  life  from  the  year  1903  was  comparatively  un- 
eventful. He  continued  the  practice  of  law  until  about  the 
year  1913.  He  then  retired  and  devoted  most  of  his  leisure 
time  to  the  study  of  genealogy,  particularly  that  of  his  own 
family  and  that  of  his  wife.  During  the  last  two  years  of  his 
life  he  was  in  poor  health,  although  he  was  free  from  any 
active  physical  suffering,  and  he  continued  to  be  the  delightful 
and  stimulating  companinon  that  he  always  was.  To  the  very 
end  perhaps  his  greatest  interest  and  enthusiasm  was  the 
University  of  Michigan  and  his  class.  As  you  know,  he  at- 
tended the  45th  anniversary  of  the  graduation  of  his  class 
when  he  was  seriously  ill  and  should  have  been  under  the  cart 
of  a  physician. 


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I  append  a  few  notes  concerning  his  children. 

Oscar  James  Campbell,  Jr.  Graduated  1903  from  Harvard ; 
taught  English  and  Constitutional  Law  in  United  States 
Naval  Academy  for  two  years;  married  in  1907,  Emily  Lyon 
Fuller,  Bridgeport,  Connecticut;  Ph.  D.  at  Harvard,  1910; 
travelling  fellow  of  Harvard  University,  1910-11;  since  then 
at  University  of  Wisconsin  as  instructor,  assistant  professor, 
and  associate  professor  of  English.  Has  three  children.  Ad- 
dress 15  East  Oilman  Street,  Madison,  Wisconsin. 

Charles  Fuller  Campbell.  Graduated  from  University  of 
Michigan,  1905  ;  captain  of  Michigan  baseball  team  ;  married 
in  1907  to  Miss  Cornelia  Van  Renslaer  Sweet,  of  Grand  Rap- 
ids, Michigan  ;  has  two  children.  Since  his  graduation  from 
college  he  has  been  engaged  in  the  manufacture  of  furniture. 
He  is  at  the  present  time  eastern  representative  of  The  Luce 
Furniture  Co.  of  Grand  Rapids,  Mich.  Present  address  D.  K. 
E.  Club,  New  York  City. 

Jean  Campbell.  Married  in  1912  to  Emory  Gilfillan  Huk- 
ill,  who  is  president  of  The  Petroleum  Products  Co.  Has  two 
children.  Lives  at  2905  Coleridge  Road,  Cleveland,  Ohio. 

Very  truly  yours, 

OSCAR  JAMES  CAMPBELL,  JR. 

As  we  are  about  to  go  to  press  the  delightful  news  comes 
that  Professor  Oscar  J.  Campbell,  Jr.,  has  accepted  a  full  pro- 
fessorship in  English  at  Michigan.  We  can  imagine  what 
joy  this  news  would  have  given  his  father  could  he  have 
known  it  was  to  occur  so  soon  after  his  death. 


00  CLASS  OF  '70,  UNIVERSITY  OF  MICHIGAN 

V 

CHARLES  SIMEON  CARTER,  B.  S.,  LL.  B. 

Born  in  Town  of  Metomen,  Fond  du  Lac  Co.,  Wis.,  March  31, 

1846. 

Address:     501  Newton  Ave.,  Milwaukee,  Wis. 

The  course  of  my  life  has  continued  about  the  same  for 
the  last  25  years,  being  that  of  a  busy  lawyer  in  the  various 
courts  of  this  state.  Returning  from  New  York  to  my  native 
state  in  1885,  we  located  at  Milwaukee,  where  we  have  lived 
ever  since  and  where  our  two  children,  Lillian  and  Charles, 
received  their  early  education.  I  resumed  my  law  practice 
here.  Our  special  object  in  coming  back  to  Wisconsin  was  to 
be  near  my  parents  in  their  old  age,  having  been  away  from 
them  almost  continually  since  the  beginning  of  the  Civil  War. 
From  Milwaukee  we  visited  them  frequently  and  they  came 
to  us  occasionally  while  they  lived,  thus  rendering  life  more 
enjoyable  to  all  of  us  than  it  was  while  we  were  in  the  East, 
far  from  home  surroundings  and  old-time  acquaintances.  My 
law  practice,  from  time  to  time,  was  sufficiently  diverse  and 
varied  to  be  both  interesting  and  instructive.  I  might  men- 
tion one  novel  case  which  came  to  hand  during  the  great  war 
which  may  interest  some  of  the  law  practitioners  of  the  class: 
Our  client,  "C,"  was  a  banker  in  New  York  City.  A  customer 
of  his,  "A,"  had  an  account  in  his  bank  and  was  an  expert 
salesman  of  a  certain  kind  of  machinery  manufactured  in 
Southern  Wisconsin  by  'B."  Business  relations  had  existed 
before  between  "A"  and  "B,"  and  October  24th,  1916,  they 
entered  into  a  written  contract,  whereby  "B"  hired  "A"  to  go 
to  Europe  to  sell  "B's"  machinery  on  commission.  It  seems 
that  this  machinery  was  such  as  would  likely  T>e  in  great 
demand  in  the  war-stricken  countries  after  the  close  of  the 
war,  and  "B"  was  anxious  to  get  it  introduced  into  various 


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portions  of  those  countries,  in  advance,  in  order  to  have  an 
advantage  over  rivals.  Be  that  as  it  may,  "B"  hired  "A"  by 
this  written  contract  to  go  to  Europe  and  introduce  this  ma- 
chinery to  the  trade,  canvass  for  customers  and  to  sell  the 
machinery.  The  contract  al^o  provided  that  "B"  was  to 
advance  to  "A"  on  account  of  commissions  to  be  thereafter 
earned  under  the  contract  the  sum  of  $500  and  to  deposit  the 
same  "on  or  immediately  prior  to  "A's"  sailing  from  New 
York  for  Europe  to  carry  out  his  contract,  in  "C's"  bank  in 
New  York  to  the  credit  of  "A"  on  "commission  account/' 
"B"  was  also  to  deposit  a  second  $500  in- "C's"  bank  to  the 
credit  of  the  same  account  on  the  first  of  the  next  succeeding 
month.  "B"  agreed  also  to  advance  a  large  amount  of  money 
to  pay  up  existing  creditors  of  "A"  and  to  charge  the  same  to 
the  "commission  account"  with  "A."  No  definite  date  or  time 
was  agreed  upon  as  to  when  "A"  was  to  sail  from  New  York, 
but  "A"  exercised  due  diligence  in  endeavoring  to  obtain  res- 
ervations at  an  early  date.  Trans-Atlantic  travel  at  that  time 
was  very  precarious  and  uncertain.  No  deposit  had  been 
made  in  "C's"  bank  by  "B"  under  the  contract  up  to  January 
4,  1917,  when  "A"  had  finally  arranged  to  take  passage,  and 
desired  to  purchase  his  ticket.  "A,"  therefore,  to  obtain  nec- 
essary funds  for  his  trip,  drew  on  "C's"  bank  against  the  antic- 
ipated commission-account  funds  for  $1,000  and  gave  the  bank 
an  assignment  of  his  contract  with  "B,"  as  follows : 

"To  the Bank,  New  York  :     'I  hereby 

assign  to  you  as  against  value  received  the  two  payments  of 
$500.00  each  to  be  made  to  me  through  your  bank  by  'B'  as 
per  conditions  stated  in  my  contract  with  'B'  dated  October 
24,  1916,  and  of  which  you  have  a  certified  copy.  New  York, 
4th  January,  1917." 

(Duly  signed  by  "A.") 


r>2  CLASS  OF  -TO,  UNIVERSITY  OF  MICHIGAN 

The  bank  gave  due  written  notice  to  "B"  of  this  assign- 
ment to  it  by  "A"  of  the  written  contract  between  "A" 
and  "B." 

"A"  succeeded  in  getting  reservations  by  and  took  passage 
for  Europe  on  the  steamship  Laconia  on  February  16,  1917, 
which  was  sunk  by  a  German  torpedo  boat  February  26,  1917, 
and  "A"  was,  in  consequence,  drowned.  "B"  had  not  made 
either  of  the  deposits  of  $500.00  each  according  to  his  agree- 
ment, and  thereafter  refused  to  do  so,  claiming  that  no  com- 
missions, in  payment  for  which  they  were  to  be  made,  had 
been  earned,  nor  could  they  now  be  earned  under  the  con- 
tract, as  the  contract  was  for  personal  services  ;  that  there  had 
been  an  entire  failure  of  consideration  under  the  contract  and 
that  nothing  was  due. 

The  bank  came  to  us  for  advice  in  the  matter.  The  result 
was  that  an  action  was  commenced  by  the  bank,  through  us 
as  attorneys,  against  "B,"  after  due  demand  being  made  on 
"B"  to  make  the  deposits  in  the  bank  as  he  had  agreed.  The 
litigation  was  continued  quite  vigorously  in  the  circuit  court 
for  Wisconsin,  extensive  depositions  having  been  taken  in 
New  York  City  preparatory  to  the  trial.  Before  the  case  was 
reached  on  the  trial  calendar  we  received  a  substantial  offer 
of  settlement  by  the  payment  to  our  client  of  a  sufficient  sum 
of  money  to  satisfy  it  for  its  loss  in  the  matter  and  the  suit 
was  discontinued. 

After  living  for  many  years  in  rented  quarters,  my  wife, 
daughter  and  self  determined  early  in  1910  that  we  would 
make  a  change  by  purchasing  a  lot  or  parcel  of  land  in  some 
desirable  spot  in  the  suburbs  of  Milwaukee  and  build  a  "resi- 
dence to  our  liking  in  order  that  we  migiit  have  elbow  room, 
plenty  of  light  and  fresh  air,  the  benefit  of  rural  scenery,  a 
place  for  flowers  and  a  vegetable  garden.  Accordingly  we 


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took  a  few  rambles  along  the  lake  shore  to  the  north  of  the 
city  and  found  what  we  concluded  might  be  a  desirable  spot 
in  the  open  country.  There  had  formerly  been  a  good  many 
large  oak  trees  in  the  locality,  but  some  had  died  out,  leaving 
a  few  scattered  here  and  there,  which  produced  shade  and  fur- 
nished nesting  places  for  the  many  birds  in  the  vicinity.  We 
ascertained  that  we  could  get  a  piece  of  50  feet  fronting  the 
north,  having  a  depth  of  140  feet,  which,  by  a  little  filling  in, 
would  present  a  gentle  slope  to  the  south,  suitable  for  a  veg- 
etable garden,  grapes  and  flowers.  This  place  is  on  high 
ground,  but  a  few  minutes'  walk  from  the  lake  and  a  half 
hour's  ride  from  the  central  part  of  Milwaukee  on  our  best 
street  car  line.  It  was  evidently  intended  for  us  from  the 
beginning,  for  there  were  the  golden-rod,  the  sunflower,  the 
wild  ro^e,  the  wild  aster  and  the  dandelion  in  great  profusion, 
and  Mrs.  Carter  is  a  great  lover  of  flowers ;  there  were  the 
robin,  the  meadow-lark,  the  blue  bird,  the  wren,  the  thrush, 
song  sparrows  and  a  host  of  warblers  in  season,  and  our 
daughter,  Lillian,  is  a  great  enthusiast  on  birds;  and  there  was 
a  great  opportunity  on  that  southern  slope  for  raising  peas, 
bean>,  onions,  carrots  and  tomatoes,  and  I  had  been  a  farmer 
in  my  youth,  and  was  an  expert  gardener  by  proxy,  our 
daughter  being  the  proxy.  With  all  these  things  in  mind,  the 
deliberation  was  short  and  the  lot  was  purchased.  A  change 
immediately  came  over  the  spirits  of  our  dreams.  There 
would  be  something  doing  now  besides  monotonous  law  prac- 
tice, including  interviews  and  conferences  in  close,  tobacco- 
scented  quarters.  We  saw  visions  of  a  real  home  springing 
up  in  the  near  future  in  that  lovely,  restful  spot,  surrounded 
by  every  convenience,  with  flowers  and  vegetables  in  quanti- 
ties as  they  might  be  desired.  Happiness  reigned.  Good 
cheer  brought  rosv  cheeks.  Grocerv  bills  increased  as  doc- 


04  CLASS  OF  ?70,  UNIVERSITY  OF  MICHIGAN 

tor's  bill  diminished.  Books  on  gardening  and  architecture 
soon  covered  our  library  table.  Pencil  sketches  and  outline 
plans  of  gardens  and  cottages  covered  the  floor.  Much  enjoy- 
ment was  derived  from  this  pastime,  but  it  was  followed  by 
the  employment  of  a  real  architect,  who  soon  brought  order 
out  of  confusion  when  informed  just  what  we  wanted.  He 
had  the  excavation  for  the  basement  under  way  by  April,  1912, 
and  the  building  nearly  completed  and  the  beer  sign  up  by 
July  4th.  The  plasterers  and  painters  were  out  of  the  way 
so  that  we  moved  in  October  1,  1912.  We  then  began  to  real- 
ize, which  has  grown  upon  us  ever  since,  that  life  is  worth 
living,  under  some  circumstances  at  least.  We  give  a  stand- 
ing invitation  to  the  members  of  '70  to  come  and  see  us  at  our 
home.. 

Our  son,  Charles,  took  the  bachelor's  degree  in  electrical 
engineering  in  1904,  followed  by  the  master's  degree  at  Uni- 
versity of  Wisconsin.  He  took  a  post  graduate  course  in 
chemistry  there,  and  also  received  the  degree  of  M.  E.  He 
spent  one  season  in  Alaska  with  a  party  on  a  railroad  survey. 
His  life  work  has  been  in  charge  of  gas  and  electric  plants. 
At  the  present  he  is  manager  of  the  gas  and  electric  plant  at 
Danbury,  Conn.  Ts  married  and  has  a  daughter  6  years  old. 
He  was  at  our  class  re-union  in  June,  1915. 

Our  daughter,  Lillian,  was  graduated  from  the  State  Nor- 
mal School  in  Milwaukee  in  189T,  and  was  at  once  employed 
in  the  Public  Library  of  Milwaukee,  where  she  has  been  ever 
since.  Now  has  charge  of  the  catalogueing  of  department, 
with  five  assistants.  The  library  has  400,000  volumes  and  is 
increasing  at  the  rate  of  5,000  volumes  per  month.  She 
attended  our  class  re-union  in  June,  1910. 

Mrs.  Carter  claims  to  be  a  member  of  '70,  because  she  was 
born  in  Ann  Arbor  and  was  living  there  during  most  of  the 


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time  we  were  there  and  knew  many  of  the  class — some  of 
them  in  the  high  school  there.  She  is  always  ready  to  accom- 
pany me  to  a  re-union. 

I  am  a  member  of  the  Congregational  Church,  the  Military 
Order  of  the  Loyal  Legion  of  the  United  States,  a  society 
originally  formed  by  officers  of  the  Civil  War  immediately 
after  the  death  of  Lincoln  ;  State  Historical  Society  of  Wis- 
consin, Old  Settlers'  Club  of  Milwaukee  County  (Vice-Presi- 
dent),  850  members;  State  and  County  Bar  Associations; 
32nd  degree  Mason. 

THOMAS  CHALMERS  CHRISTY,  A.  M.,  M.  D. 

Born  at  Kinsman,  Trumbull  County,  O.,  October  1846 — Died 
at  Pasadena,  CaL,  December  17,  1913. 

Class  Letter. 

Kinsman,  O.,  June  8,  1872. 

Christy,  T.  C.,  sends  a  hearty  greeting  to  all  his  classmates 
and  is  impatiently  waiting  the  coming  event  of  1873.  The 
week  of  graduation  found  me  but  poorly  fitted  for  grappling 
with  the  future,  physically  speaking,  so  taking  the  advice  of 
our  worthy  President — may  Heaven  bless  him — Prof.  Frieze, 
I  came  here  and  commenced  laboring  on  my  father's  farm. 
Since  then  my  life  has  run  quietly  enough,  and  today  I  con- 
gratulate myself  that  I  am  much  stronger  in  mind  and  body 
than  I  have  been  for  years.  Last  fall,  feeling  the  need  of  a 
slight  change,  I  took  up  the  study  of  medicine  with  our  family 
physician  and  do  not  hesitate  to  say  that  this  study  is  to  me 
intensely  interesting.  I  commenced  Dec.  14th,  '71,  but  was 
broken  off  nearly  a  month  since  by  the  sudden  and  severe  ill- 
ness of  my  father.  For  the  immediate  future  I  have  but  few 
plans,  but  during  the  present  summer  and  autumn  shall  fol- 


GG  CLASS  OF  TO,  UNIVERSITY  OF  MICHIGAN 

low  the  humble  calling  of  my  paternal  and  will  be  happy  to 
receive  any  or  all  of  'TO  at  whatever  time  it  may  'be  convenient 
for  them  to  come.  Have  seen  but  two  of  '70  since  graduation, 
namely,  Wells  and  Haven.  And,  strange  to  say,  both  of  them 
were,  at  that  time,  but  recently  married  and  were  on  their 
wedding  tours  to  the  East.  My  best  wishes  to  all. 

As  ever, 
THOMAS  CHALMERS  CHRISTY. 

The  following  letter  is  from  I.  H.  Pedrick,  of  the  Class 
of '69: 

Pasadena,  California,  Jan.  5th,  1914. 
My  dear  Mr.  Carter: 

I  am  glad  to  have  your  letter  and  to  know  that  copies  of 
the  neat  necrology  card  you  kindly  enclosed,  will  also, 
through  your  kindness,  go  to  the  surviving  classmates  of  Dr. 
Christy. 

Dr.  Christy  continued  in  the  general  practice  of  medicine 
at  Pittsburg,  Pa.,  and  very  successfully,  I  am  told,  until  his 
health  became  impaired  about  1901.  He  suffered  several 
periods  of  prolonged  illness,  but  resumed  practice  at  intervals 
when  somewhat  improved.  The  rigorous  climate  at  Pitts- 
burg,  not  being  favorable  to  his  restoration,  he,  with  his  fam- 
ily, spent  the  winter  of  1903-4  at  Pasadena,  California,  and, 
finding  himself  somewhat  relieved,  and  the  climate  very 
acceptable  to  himself  and  family,  they  finally  purchased  a 
residence  and  adopted  Pasadena  as  their  permanent  home. 

During  his  earlier  years  there,  he  found  much  pleasure 
and  spent  many  hours  in  visiting  some  of  Nature's  quiet 
retreats,  easily  reached  from  his  residence,  where,  as  in  boy- 
hood, he  loved  to  asrain  commune  with  her  tinbousrht  irifts  to 
mankind.  His  health,  however,  did  not  become  sufficiently 
restored  to  resume  his  profession,  and  of  late  years  he  seldom 


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went  beyond  the  limits  of  his  lawn  and  garden,  where,  after 
he  had  spent  an  hour  or  two  daily,  he  usually  gave  the 
remainder  of  the  day  to  books,  current  news  and  to  friends, 
who  were  always  glad  to  have  a  quiet  hour  with  one  who  had 
read  so  widely  and  conversed  so  interestingly.  Though  not 
physically  able  to  return  their  visits,  he  welcomed  friends, 
old  and  new,  with  his  characteristic  openness  and  good  will. 
He  had  a  warm  feeling  for  the  men  of  his  university  and 
watched  the  progress  of  the  latter  with  much  interest. 

Although  his  step  became  slow,  his  form  remained  erect 
and  seemingly  strong,  and  so  like  his  appearance  on  his  grad- 
uating day,  that  except  for  the  crown  of  white,  almost  any 
schoolmate  carrying  his  sturdy  form  in  memory,  could  not 
mistake  his  identity,  even  at  a  considerable  distance. 

He  was  deeply  interested  in  the  social  and  national  life,  but 
like  some  of  his  old-time  friends,  he  did  not  feel  that  all  of  the 
new  things  of  the  present  day,  are  necessarily  better  than  the 
plainness  and  sturdiness  of  former  days,  but  he  maintained 
implicit  faith  in  the  ultimate  outcome  of  the  right  among 
nations  and  people. 

His  wife,  Mrs.  Rebecca  Kinsman  Christy,  survives  him, 
and  expects  to  continue  to  live  in  their  home,  99  N.  Hudson 
avenue.  No  child  survives  him,  but  Mrs.  Christy's  sister  will 
live  with  her. 

Yours  cordially, 

ISAAC  H.  P^DRTCK. 

Mr.  Bennett  of  our  class,  who  died  at  Pasadena,  Cal.,  in 
1919,  wrote  as  follows: 

Pasadena,  California,  April  10,  '14. 
Dear  Mr.  Carter: 

In  reply  to  your  letter,  allow  me  to  speak  first  of  the  death 
of  our  beloved  friend  and  classmate,  Dr.  Thomas  C.  Christy. 


08  CLASS  OF  '70,  TXIVKHSITY  OF  MICHIGAN 

He  came  to  Pasadena  several  years  ago  with  health  shat- 
tered and  greatly  discouraged. 

I  nder  the  influence  of  our  mild  climate,  he  slowly  but 
surely  began  to  improve. 

His  step  was  more  firm  and  quick,  his  eyes  brighter  and 
his  whole  appearance  more  pleasant  and  natural. 

Excepting  an  occasional  return  of  his  old  trouble,  these 
favorable  conditions  continued  until  a  short  time  ago,  when 
a  change  for  the  worse  occurred. 

Complications  set  in  and  the  end  soon  came. 

And  so  has  passed  away  one  of  the  most  genial  of  men — a 
loving  husband,  a  kind  neighbor,  a  true  friend. 

AYe  classmates  who  knew  him  so  well  can  truthfully  say 
liis  was  a  beautiful  character,  one  that  is  exceptionally  rare 
among  men. 

Among  those  attending  the  funeral  exercises  were  Judge 
Willett,  Pedrick,  P>lanchard  and  myself. 

As  to  my  own  affairs,  after  26  years'  service  as  Secretary 
of  the  first  Land  and  Water  Association  of  Pasadena,  I  gave 
up  my  position,  together  with  all  other  outside  business,  and 
in  1904  went  to  Europe  for  a  year's  trip  with  Mrs.  Bennett. 

Again  in  1908-10  we  enjoyed  two  years  more  of  travel,  cov- 
ering not  only  the  principal  points  of  interest  in  Europe,  but 
also  those  in  Northern  Africa  and  Palestine. 

Since  then  I  have  led  a  quiet,  uneventful  home  life  in  Pas- 
adena, in  the  same  home  in  which  Mrs.  Bennett  and  I  have 
lived  for  26  years  and  on  the  same  street  on  which  I  have 
lived  for  40  years. 

Cordially  yours, 

HENRY  G.  BENNETT. 


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From  Mrs.  Christy. 

99  N.  Hudson  Ave., 
Pasadena,  Cal.,  Jan.  26,  1914. 
My  Dear  Mr.  Carter: 

Permit  me  to  express  to  you  my  sincere  thanks  for  your 
kind,  sympathetic  letter,  together  with  the  very  pretty  and 
suitable  card  which  you  have  been  so  good  as  to  send  to  my 
husband's  classmates.  I  shall  treasure  one  of  them  and  send 
one  to  his  sister. 

Dr.  Christy  felt  a  very  tender  affection  for  his  college  class, 
some  of  its  members — yourself  among  the  number  being  par- 
ticularly dear.  It  has  been  a  sore  disappointment  to  him  that 
ill  health  has  prevented  his  enjoyment  of  the  various  re-unions 
from  time  to  time. 

We  have  enjoyed  our  California  home — and  I  am  sure  our 
coming  here  has  added  ten  years  to  his  life  and  to  our  time 
of  happiness  together.  There  is  one  friend  very  close,  both 
to  my  husband  and  to  me,  whom  I  would  like  very  much  to 
have  notified,  as  I  do  not  know  his  present  address.  He  has 
of  late  been  traveling  abroad — Mr.  Everett  Darrow.  May  I 
trouble  you  to  do  this  favor  for  me,  if  you  can  ascertain  his 
whereabouts? 

Very  truly  and  gratefully  yours, 

REBECCA  K.  CHRISTY. 

EUGENE  FRANCIS  COOLEY,  A.  B. 
Born  at  Adrian,  Mich.,  November  15,  1849. 

Address;     Lansing,  Mich. 

Since  the  publication  of  the  former  issue  of  '70's  book,  my 
days  have  been  passing  swiftly  along  on  about  the  same  lines 
as  noted  therein.  Mv  record  has  been  that  of  the  ordinary 


70  ('LASS  OF  '70,   r.MVKKSITY  OF  MICHIGAN 

business  man,  successful  in  a  general  way,  but  with  nothing 
remarkable  to  report  in  this  day  of  large  things.  Have  never 
held  or  sought  public  office  of  any  kind,  but  have  devoted  my 
time  to  my  business  and  family,  paying  only  enough  attention 
to  politics  to  perform  my  duties  as  an  American  citizen,  hence 
have  only  business  and  family  matters  to  chronicle. 

At  the  present  time  my  family  consists  of  the  wife,  eight 
children  and  seventeen  grandchildren.  All  my  children  are 
married  and  have  done  well. 

Edith  married  Arthur  D.  Baker,  secretary  and  manager 
of  the  Michigan  Millers  Mutual  Insurance  Company,  a  very 
large  and  prosperous  institution.  They  have  two  children, 
Katherine,  just  graduating  from  Smith's  College,  and  Stan- 
nard,  now  attending  Northwestern  University. 

Fanny  is  the  wife  of  Major  Geo.  M.  Chandler,  of  the  Reg- 
ular Army,  now  engaged  in  engineering  work  at  Frankfort, 
Pa.  They  have  one  son,  Bruce,  now  attending  the  U.  of  M. 

Edgar  L.  is  a  prominent  and  successful  business  man  of 
Lansing,  secretary  and  manager  of  the  Michigan  Supply  Com- 
pany, which  is  doing  a  large  and  prosperous  business.  He 
married  June  Davis  of  Lansing  and  they  have  four  children, 
two  boys  and  two  girls. 

Elizabeth,  wife  of  Frank  B.  McKibbier,  well  known  and 
successful  Lansing  business  man.  Children,  one  boy  and  one 
girl. 

Frank  married  Clara  Gower,  daughter  of  C.  A.  Gower,  of 
Lansing,  and  is  now  holding  a  responsible  position  with  the 
Reynolds  Cushion  Spring  Company  of  Jackson  ;  also  has  a 
large  dairy  farm  at  Holt,  Mich.  They  have  no  children. 

Eva  is  wife  of  Carl  E.  McAlvay,  of  Lansing,  an  officer  of 
the  Michigan  Millers  Insurance  Company.  They  have  five 
children. 


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Adaline  C.  Kessler  lives  in  Lansing  and  has  two  children, 
a  girl  and  a  boy. 

David  H.,  the  youngest,  married  Olive  Richardson,  and 
they  have  one  child,  a  girl.  David  went  to  France  with  the 
army  as  1st  Sergeant  of  Engineers.  Like  so  many  others,  he 
had  to  endure  terrible  hardship  and  privation,  and,  after  the 
armistice,  was  brought  home  and  sent  direct  to  a  hospital. 
After  he  had  partially  recovered,  he  went  to  his  home  at  To- 
pinabee,  in  Northern  Michigan,  where  he  is  now  living  in  the 
endeavor  to  regain  his  health. 

In  a  business  way,  the  Michigan  Supply  Company,  which 
I  founded  nearly  forty  years  ago,  has  been  my  mainstay,  and 
I  am  still  its  President.  The  stock  is  all  held  in  my  family. 
I  am  still  Vice-President  of  the  City  National  Bank,  the  office 
which  I  have  held  since  its  organization  in  1886.  At  the  pres- 
ent time  its  deposits  are  around  $7,000,000,  and  it  has  been  a 
very  successful  institution. 

I  am  still  active  in  business,  but  have  arranged  matters  so 
that  I  can  take  a  couple  of  months  off  in  winter  and  summer. 
Have  a  summer  cottage  at  Topinabee,  in  Northern  Michigan, 
where  wife  and  I  and  such  of  the  children  as  can  get  away 
spend  July  and  August.  For  the  winter  vacation  I  have  a 
cottage  under  the  "Tall  Pines"  at  Winter  Park,  Orange  Co., 
Florida,  a  most  lovely  spot,  an  earthly  paradise  in  fact,  and  at 
either  one  of  these  places,  or  at  our  home  in  Lansing,  Mich., 
we  should  be  most  happy  to  welcome  any  member  of  our  class 
who  comes  our  way. 


CLASS  OF  ?TO,  UNIVERSITY  OF  MICHIGAN 


JOHN  LOVELAND  CULLEY,  C.  E. 

Born  at  Ashtabula,  O.,  October  11,  1847 — Died  at  Cleveland, 
O.,  February  5th,  1902. 

Class  Letter. 

Warren,  O.,  June  22,  1872. 

Fellow  Classmates: 

I  rejoice  in  the  increase  of  '70  and  that  those  two  brave 
lads  whose  race  for  the  12th  of  August,  1871,  will  have  their 
reward.  Ah !  Young  Winchell,  fate  seems  to  have  been  slow 
with  you  one  day,  but,  my  boy,  be  of  good  cheer.  Your 
fathers  in  '70  will  stand  between  you  and  all  harm.  Walter 
Sylvester  B.  is  of  goodly  proportions  and  parts  and  will  share 
with  you  your  joys  and  sorrows  and  your  fathers  will  do 
equally  well  by  both  of  you. 

Fellows,  the  thing  uppermost  seems  to  be  "Are  you  mar- 
ried and  how  many  have  you?  I  am  not  married  and  there- 
fore I  have  none.  My  autobiography  is  as  follows :  The 
week  after  Commencement  I  took  charge  of  the  improvement 
and  enlargement  of  Sandusky  Harbor,  Ohio,  under  U.  S. 
engineers,  where  I  remained  until  the  last  of  November.'  I 
then  returned  to  Ashtabula,  where  I  busied  myself  until  the 
last  of  February,  '71 ;  then  spent  two  months  in  railroad  work; 
then  came  home  and  remained  till  August,  1871,  when  I  was 
employed  by  the  Pennsylvania  railroad,  and  frequently  saw 
Hyde,  Davock,  "Dixie"  and  Meyendorff,  the  only  four  of 
the  boys  I  have  seen  since  graduation. 

Yours  truly, 

JOHN  LOVELAND  CULLEY. 


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Mr.  Culley  in  the  last  few  years  of  his  life  took  great  inter- 
est in  Class  matters.  He  printed  and  distributed  among  the 
members,  at  his  own  expense,  several  circulars  containing 
news  about  various  movements  and  activities  of  the  "boys" 
and  traveled  through  the  country  with  his  wife  and  called  on 
many.  He  was  enjoying  his  leisure  time  by  renewing  his  col- 
lege friendships.  His  death  was  unexpected. 

EDWARD  EVERETT  DARROW. 
Born  at  Meadville,  Pa.,  October  28,  1846. 

Address:     610  W.  lllth  Street,  New  York  City. 

The  writer,  continuing  the  sketch  of  his  life  from  1903  up 
to  the  present  date,  April,  1921,  has  a  very  clear-cut  section 
with  which  to  deal.  In  1903  he  was  still  in  the  traces,  though 
he  had,  many  years  before,  determined  to  get  clear  at  the  age 
of  sixty  if  the  financial  condition  of  the  family  would  justify 
it.  The  family  decided  that  it  did,  and  a  year  earlier  than  he 
had  fixed,  in  the  summer  of  1905,  he  resigned  from  a  Chicago 
high  school,  thereby  closing  a  continuous  teaching  period  of 
thirty  years.  Of  this  period  he  would  say  that  he  enjoyed  it 
all,  and  he  severed  his  connection  with  teaching,  with  a  cer- 
tain regret.  While  glad  he  made  it  his  life-work  then,  yet  if 
he  were  beginning  again,  with  his  present  opinion  of  the  con- 
ditions of  the  public  school  system,  especially  of  large  cities, 
both  within  and  without,  he  would  seek  some  other  field. 

In  1905,  then,  he  "retired"  as  the  expression  is,  meaning  in 
his  own  case  that  he  was  to  divert  his  time  and  energy  from 
"making  a  living"  to  the  problem  of  getting  the  best  value  he 
knew  how,  out  of  life — living  life  as  one  would  choose  for  the 
rest  of  his  term  freed  from  the  "cost  of  existence."  So  he 
entered  on  his  freedom. 


74  CLASS  OF  '"().  I \\IVKKSITY  OF  MICHIGAN 

He  should  say  here  that  the  last  thing  in  the  world  that  he 
had  in  mind  was  to  drop  activity.  It  was  only  to  set  it  free 
from  everything'  not  done  for  its  own  sake.  It  took  a  little 
time,  however,  to  "find  himself." 

Fortunately  his  school  work  was  chiefly  in  directions  in 
which  he  had  great  interest,  in  economics,  government,  his- 
tory and  literature. 

Of  course  he  was  seeking  the  truth.  How  could  a  teacher 
be  seeking  anything  else?  Any  error  or  falsehood  creeping 
or  injected  into  the  investigation  invalidates  the  conclusion  as 
inevitably  as  it  does  in  mathematics.  In  the  field  of  pure 
science  there  is  little  motive  for  one  to  have  any  other  aim 
than  to  establish  the  facts.  No  one  seems  to  have  any  motive 
in  obscuring  them.  They  seem  either  to  affect  all  men  impar- 
tially or  not  at  all. 

But  in  the  field  of  human  relations,  every  man  feels  a  per- 
sonal interest.  The  investigator  here  is.  fighting  a  constant 
battle. 

Suffice  it  to  say  that  the  writer  finds  this  activity  full 
of  interest  and  sees  no  reason  for  thinking  that  the  directioa 
of  his  work  will  be  materially  changed  in  the  future,  subject, 
of  course,  to  "circumstances  over  which  he  has  no  control." 

The  year  following  his  resignation  was  spent  abroad. 
They  traveled  as  a  family,  as  also  the  next  time  they  were 
there,  going  in  the  summer  of  1911  and  returning  in  Septem- 
ber. 1012.  The  son,  who  had  graduated  in  June,  1911,  at  the 
University  of  Chicago,  u?ed  the  academic  year  in  attending 
courses  in  Paris  and  Berlin,  specializing  in  mathematics  in 
the  former  and  physics  in  the  latter.  Forty-nine  years  had 
passed  since  his  father  had  spent  a  year  in  the  same  cities. 

The  writer  does  not  attempt  to  assign  any  special  value  to 
thc-r  two  years  in  Europe  following  his  resignation,  except 


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for  recreation  and  enjoyment.  He  enjoyed  revisiting  the  old, 
with  its  added  charm  of  old  association,  as  well  as  the  new, 
unvisited  before.  Among  these  later  impressions  he  recalls 
with  unadulterated  pleasure  a  week  spent  in  the  Harz  at  its 
freshest  and  most  alluring  season,  also  when  at  Rome  a  trip 
into  the  Sabine  country  and  the  alleged  site  of  Horace's  villa 
on  his  "Sabine  Farm."  We  saw  the  two  claimants  for  the 
honor  of  being  the  site,  but  a  year  or  two  later  saw  an  ac- 
count of  the  discovery  of  the  "real"  site  a  mile  or  two  farther 
up  the  valley  of  the  brawling  Digentia.  We,  however,  stick 
to  those  we  saw. 

Then,  too,  near  Naples,  the  town  of  Baiae  and  its  bay,  and 
Lake  Avernus,  where  Virgil  located  the  place  of  descent  of  his 
hero,  Aeneas,  into  the  world  below.  A  signboard  standing  at 
the  mouth  of  an  apparent  cave  bore  this  remarkable  inscrip- 
tion:  "Entrance  to  the  Infernal  Regions — Private."  We 
feared  Cerberus  might  be  lurking  somewhere  about  the  mouth 
and  did  not  investigate. 

The  family  returned  in  1912,  when  the  son  took  up 
graduate  work  at  the  University,  making  physics  his  specialty, 
and  received  his  degree  of  Ph.  D.  in  1017.  That  summer  he 
obtained  a  position  as  a  research  physicist  in  the  Western 
Electric  Co.  He  came  to  New  York  in  September,  1917,  and 
the  other  members  of  the  family,  the  following  month. 

Their  present  address  is  610  W.  lllth  St.  They  will  be 
glad  to  see  any  of  the  members  of  '70  at  any  time. 

HARLOW  PALMER  DAVOCK,  C.  E.,  M.  S. 

Born   in   Buffalo,    N.    Y.,    Match    11,    1848— Died   at   Bretton 
Woods,  N.  H.,  August  30,  1910. 

Mr.  Davock  was  in  attendance  at  our  Class  re-union  in 
June,  1910,  apparently  in  excellent  health,  yet  in  about  two 


76  CLASS  OF  'TO,  UNIVERSITY  OF  MICHIGAN 

months  from  the  time  he  left  us  for  a  short  recreation  trip  in 
New  England  mountains,  he  was  laid  low.  He,  with  his  wife 
and  others,  had  been  up  Mount  Washington  in  the  afternoon 
of  the  day  of  his  death,  and,  on  returning  to  his  hotel,  sought 
his  room  for  a  little  rest.  X^ot  coming  down  stairs  in  about 
an  hour,  his  wife  went  to  the  room  'and  was  shocked  to  find 
him  in  convulsions.  He  lasted  but  a  short  time  thereafter. 
The  burial  took  place  at  Detroit. 

Classmate  Bates  writes  from  Detroit :  "To  me,  Davock 
was  a  very  intimate  friend,  and  I  knew  him  perhaps  better 
than  any  other  one  in  his  class,  and  his  loss  to  me  is  a  per- 
sonal bereavement.  He  had  been  here  for  nearly  thirty  years 
and  I  have  known  him  intimately  all  this  time  and  I  had 
learned  to  admire  him.  I  considered  him  a  man  of  more  than 
ordinary  ability  and  was  a  devoted  member  of  the  class.  He 
took  a  great  interest  in  everything  that  concerned  it,  and 
especially  its  members.  Nothing  has  impressed  me  so  much 
of  the  uncertainty  of  life  as  Mr.  Davock's  death  has  done." 

Class  Letter. 

Heart  of  Egypt,  Illinois,  June  29,  1872. 
In  the  words  of  H.  G. :    "D— 

I  dare  and  defy  anyone  to  find  a  more  uncivilized,  barbar- 
ous, heathen  and  forlorn  country  than  this.  Am  covered  with 
flea  bites,  wood  ticks  and  other  vermin  are  my  most  affection- 
ate companions. 

Interlude,  Biography. 

After  graduation,  spent  fall  of  '70  in  office  of  a  civil  engin- 
eer in  Cleveland,  then  in  •  November  secured  an  appointment 
of  engineer  on  St.  L.  &  S.  E.  R.  R.  Was  stationed  succes- 
sively at  Evansville,  Ind. ;  Posey  Co.,  Ind. ;  Mt.  Vernon,  Ind. ; 


DEPARTMENT  OF  LITERATURE,  SCIENCE  AND  ARTS      77 

Wabash  Bridge  and  Shawneetown,  111.,  until  January  1st, 
1872,  when  the  same  company  commenced  this  road.  Have 
been  leveler  on  St.  L.  &  S.  E.  R.  R.  and  as  transitman  and  have 
had  charge  of  work,  etc.  At  present  have  a  division  through 
the  roughest  part  of  Illinois,  and,  as  I  have  3-90  curves  on  my 
line  (this  is  for  C.  E.'s),  hope  every  one  will  have  their  life 
insured  when  this  road  is-  finished.  Expect  to  be  here  until 
October.  Was  in  Ann  Arbor  on  January  5th,  1872.  Saw 
Price,  Hyde,  Day  and  Winchel.  Have  met  Campbell  twice  or 
three  times  in  Cleveland  and  George  Campau  once  in  Detroit. 
Met  "Dixie"  Gilbert,  Meyendorff  and  Culley  on  St.  L.  &  S.  E. 
R.  R.  Am  not  married,  neither  am  I  engaged.  Have  been  in 
St.  Louis  several  times,  but  never  could  hit  Stevens.  Am 
something  of  a  walkist ;  the  other  night  missed  a  carriage  and 
came  18  miles  from  the  station  after  dark.  If  I  am  not  on  the 
road  to  glory,  let  me  assure  you,  fellow  Classmates,  that  I  am 
at  present  where  ye  natives  of  Tennessee  and  North  Carolina 
abound.  Spend  all  the  money  I  have  in  making  trips  North 
to  find  something  to  eat.  Hope  I  may  never  see  any  of  you 
down  here  unless  you  have  a  choice  in  regard  to  purgatory. 
There !  I  have  him,  and  as  Mr.  Flea  bows  to  me,  flea-tingly  I 
say  farewell  until  '73. 

HARLOW  P.  DAVOCK. 
P.  S. — Met  Bird  in  Jackson  a  week  ago. 

Nov.  6,  1876.  Over  four  years  have  passed  and  here  I  am 
again.  My  life  during  the  last  year  and  one-half  has  been  the 
same  as  Noble's.  Am  at  85  Washington  Avenue  for  the  win- 
ter, Detroit,  Mich. ;  at  Sault  Ste.  Marie  for  the  summers. 
After  leaving  Egypt,  I  was  at  Cleveland,  and  from  June,  1873, 
to  October,  1874,  was  upon  the  Erie  Railway  in  New  York 
City.  George  Campau  is  even  with  Marsh — he  has  two. 
Alas!  Poor  Benedicts.  It  is  rather  embarrassing  for  us  jolly 


78  ('LASS  OF  '70,  UNIVKUSITV  OF  MICHIGAN 

bachelors  to  know  we  are  the  object  of  envy  of  all  such  un- 
claimed mortals.  H.  P.  D. 

Mr.  Davock  attended  our  class  re-union  in  June,  1910.  At 
that  time  he  appeared  as  well  as  usual,  except  he  had  a  weary 
look  and  said  he  was  going-  down  East  for  a  breath  of  moun- 
tain air.  His  friends  were  astonished,  therefore,  on  seeing  the 
following  in  the  Detroit  Free  Press  September  10,  1910: 

Stricken  by  sudden  illness,  Harlow  P.  Davock,  referee  in 
bankruptcy  of  the  United  States  district  court  of  the  southern 
division  of  the  eastern  district  of  Michigan,  died  Tuesday 
night  at  Bretton  Woods,  N.  H.  No  explanation  of  the  cause 
of  death  has  been  received  in  this  city,  but  it  is  supposed  to 
have  been  an  attack  of  heart  disease. 

With  Mrs.  Davock,  who  was  in  feeble  health,  Mr.  Davock 
went  to  the  White  mountains  on  a  vacation  trip,  leaving  this 
city  August  18.  They  spent  some  time  at  Balsam's  Gap,  N. 
H.,  and  messages  received  from  them  by  relatives  here  an- 
nounced that  both  were  deriving  great  pleasure  and  benefit 
from  the  trip.  From  Balsim's  Gap  they  went  to  Bretton 
Wroods,  a  summer  resort  in  Coos  county. 

The  suddenness  of  the  end  is  shown  by  the  fact  that  Ed- 
ward G.  Wasey,  representing  parties  in  proceedings  pending 
before  Referee  Davock,  received  a  lengthy  telegram  from  Mr. 
Davock  Tuesday,  naming  places  where  communication  might 
be  had  with  Mr.  Davock  on  his  way  back  to  Detroit.  Mr.  Da- 
vock's  office  force  had  been  notified  that  he  planned  to  visit 
Boston  and  would  start  home  from  there  next  Saturday.  Sou- 
venir postals  with  pleasant  messages  arrived  for  several  of  the 
clerks  yesterday  morning,  just  about  the  time  news  of  his 
death  also  reached  the  office  on  the  fourth  floor  of  the  Trussed 
Concrete  building. 


DEPARTMENT  OF  LITERATI-RE,  SCIENCE  AND  A  UTS      79 

Mr.  Davock's  career  had  been  one  of  wide  activity.  Born 
in  Buffalo,  March  11,  1848,  Harlow  Palmer  Davock  was  grad- 
uated from  the  high  school  of  that  city,  and  in  1870  from  the 
literary  department  of  the  University  of  Michigan,  helping 
himself  through  school  and  college  by  working  during  vaca- 
tions. He  began  his  business  life  as  office  boy  in  the  employ 
of  the  Buffalo  &  Erie  railroad  at  Buffalo. 

After  finishing  college,  he  was  engaged  as  a  civil  engineer 
on  many  important  railroad  and  engineering  projects.  He 
served  under  Gen.  Godfrey  Weitzel,  federal  engineer  at  De- 
troit, assisting  in  the  construction  of  the  Weitzel  lock  at  Sault 
Ste.  Marie  and  the  government  docks  at  that  place,  and  also 
in  construction  of  the  Cascade  locks  in  Oregon. 

\Yhile  working  as  a  civil  engineer,  Mr.  Davock  formed  a 
close  friendship  with  Alfred  Noble,  who  has  since  gained  wide 
fame  as  an  engineer  and  was  one  of  the  consulting  engineers 
on  the  Panama  caiial.  He  had  planned  to  go  hunting  with 
Mr.  Noble  this  summer,  but  was  unable  to  arrange  his  vaca- 
tion to  get  away  at  the  time  expected. 

Mr.  Davock  finally  took  up  the  study  of  law,  entering  the 
offices  of  May  bury  &  Conely,  in  this  city.  He  was  admitted 
to  the  bar  in  1878  and  began  active  practice  in  1882.  A  year 
later,  January  4,  1883,  he  took  as  his  bride  Miss  Sarah  W. 
Peabody,  their  marriage  taking  place  at  St.  Clair,  Mich. 

Mr.  Davock  was  a  lifelong  Republican.  He  served  as  a 
member  of  the  Michigan  legislature  in  1803-94;  was  a  member 
of  the  bonrcl  of  health  of  Detroit  from  March,  1805,  to  March, 
1000,  receiving  two  appointments  and  serving  two  years  as 
president.  In  1804  he  was  United  States  chief  supervisor  of 
elections  for  the  eastern  district  of  Michigan. 

His  appointment  as  referee  in  bankruptcy  was  made  by 
Judge  H.  H.  Swan,  of  the  United  States  district  court,  in  An- 


80  CLASS  OF  '70,  UNIVERSITY  OF  MICHIGAN 

gust,  1898,  immediately  after  what  has  been  described  as  the 
"new  bankruptcy  law,"  became  operative.  Mr.  Davock  had 
held  the  position  ever  since,  receiving  a  renewal  of  appoint- 
ment a  few  weeks  ago.  As  referee  he  received  no  salary,  the 
emoluments  of  the  office  being  limited  to  fee  fixed  by  law. 
The  work  of  the  office  had  increased  to  such  a  degree  that  Mr. 
Davock  was  forced  long  ago  to  abandon  his  private  law  prac- 
tice. 

As  referee,  he  was  noted  for  his  fairness  and  courtesy  to 
those  having  business  with  the  office.  Many  of  the  younger 
attorneys  of  the  city  have  received  helpful  suggestions  from 
him,  and  he  was  ever  watchful  to  prevent  older  practitioners 
from  taking  advantage  of  the  inexperience  of  younger  men. 

For  many  years  Mr.  Davock  was  an  active  member  of  the 
Delta  Kappa  Epsilon  fraternity,  and  one  of  the  proudest  days 
of  his  life  was  when  he  assisted  in  the  initiation  of  one  of  his 
sons  into  the  same  fraternity.  He  was  an  active  member  and 
a  trustee  in  Westminster  Presbyterian  church  and  was  sel- 
dom absent  from  the  church  on  Sunday,  unless  out  of  the 
city  or  detained  by  illness.  He  was  a  member  also  of  the 
Sons  of  the  American  Revolution  of  the  University  Club  and 
of  the  Detroit  Boat  Club.  For  several  years  he  had  been  a 
non-resident  lecturer  in  the  law  department  of  the  University 
of  Michigan  on  "Bankruptcy  Practice." 

Besides  his  widow,  he  is  survived  by  two  sons,  both  civil 
engineers  and  graduates  of  the  University  of  Michigan.  They 
are  Clarence  W.  Davock,  associated  with  the  Detroit  Steel 
Products  Company,  and  Harlow  Noble  Davock,  assistant  to 
Gardner  Williams,  of  the  engineering  department  of  the  Uni- 
versity of  Michigan.  He  leaves  also  brother,  W.  B.  Davock, 
prominent  vesselman  of  Cleveland,  and  two  sisters,  the  Misses 
Ella  and  Hattie  Davock. 


DEPARTMENT  OF  LITERATURE,  SCIENCE  AND  ARTS      81 

R.  S.  Mason,  vice-president  of  the  Peoples  State  Bank,  is 
a  brother-in-law,  as  is  also  A.  B.  Raymond,  former  engineer 
of  the  health  board. 

Following  the  receipt  of  the  news  of  Mr.  Davock's  illness, 
Tuesday  night,  his  son  Clarence  started  east.  He  heard  of  his 
father's  death  in  Buffalo  and  went  on  to  New  Hampshire. 

GEORGE  ELLIS  DAWSON,  A.  M. 
Born  at  Laomi,  Sangamon  Co.,  111. 

Address:     First  National  Bank  Building,  Chicago,  111. 

Since  the  publication  of  our  Class  Book  in  1903,  the  events 
in  my  life  are  not  exceptional.  The  death  of  my  oldest  son 
at  the  age  of  eighteen,  and  that  of  my  youngest  at  the  age  of 
twenty-two,  have  left  their  deepest  scars.  My  son,  Manierre, 
after  graduating  in  the  course  of  Civil  Engineering  at  Armour 
Institute  in  Chicago,  was  employed  by  the  firm  of  Holabird 
&  Roche,  architects  for  many  of  Chicago's  most  important 
business  and  public  buildings,  for  a  period  of  three  and  one- 
half  years,  then  after  spending  a  year  in  painting  in  oils  and 
water  colors,  and  six  months  in  travel  abroad,  decided  that  he 
preferred  farming  to  any  other  occupation,  and  since  1914  has 
been  living  in  Mason  County,  Michigan,  about  ten  miles  south 
of  Ludington. 

He  married  a  young  lady  of  the  neighborhood  and  they 
have  a  boy  and  two  girls. 

My  son  Mitchell  graduated  in  the  Literary  Department  of 
the  University  of  Chicago  in  the  Class  of  1911,  and  from  the 
Law  School  in  the  Class  of  1913,  having  meanwhile  taken  a 
six  months'  trip  abroad. 

He  came  into  my  office,  where  he  has  been  since  with  an 
interval  of  a  year  and  one-half  in  the  army.  The  firm  is  now 
Dawson  &  Dawson. 


82  CLASS  OF  'TO,  UNIVERSITY  OF  MICHIGAN 

On  March  8th,  1051,  my  son  Mitchell  married  Miss  Rose 
Halm,  who  had  been  a  student  at  the  University  of  Wisconsin, 
and  also  at  Smith  College,  Northampton,  Mass. 

I  have  always  had  an  office  in  the  First  National  Bank 
Building  in  Chicago  since  entering  into  the  practice  of  the 
law.  My  partnership  with  Isaac  H.  Pedrick,  after  a  duration 
of  over  twenty  years,  was  dissolved  in  1904  by  the  retirement 
of  Mr.  Pedrick  on  account  of  ill  health.  Mr.  Pedrick  has  re- 
sided for  the  past  fifteen  years  at  Pasadena,  Cal. 

My  life  has  been  one  of  uniform  regularity.  My  business, 
like  that  of  all  lawyers,  has  consisted  of  many  unimportant 
matters,  and  some  of  more  or  less  importance.  I  have  often 
thought,  and  so  expressed  myself,  that  I  might  have  been  a 
better,  or  at  least  a  greater  lawyer,  if  I  could  have  brought 
myself  to  give  a  more  undivided  attention  to  law  to  the  exclu- 
sion of  other  interests. 

This  I  have  never  permitted  myself  to  do.  I  have  made  it 
a  rule  to  take  no  work  home  with  me  except  in  cases  of  im- 
perative necessity,  occasions  which  come  to  all  lawyers,  but  I 
have  made  it  a  point  to  reserve  my  evenings  for  my  family 
and  for  the  pursuit  of  literature  and  music. 

I  organized  a  musical  club  called  "The  Vorwaerts  Club," 
which  met  once  a  month  at  my  house.  At  the  time  of  its  in- 
ception, I  was  the  tenor  of  the  quartette  at  one  of  the  leading 
churches,  having  so  served  in  different  churches  for  ten  years 
after  coming  to  Chicago. 

The  Vorwaerts  Club  was  composed  of  men  and  women 
who  had  given  serious  attention  to  music.  Most  of  them  be- 
longed to  church  choirs  and  some  were  teachers.  Among 
them,  P.  C.  Lutkin,  now  for  many  years  at  the  head  of  the 
Musical  Department  of  the  Northwestern  University  at 
Evanston,  111. 


DEPARTMENT  OF  LITERATURE,  SCIENCE  AND  ARTS      83 

The  object  of  the  Club  was  to  give  an  opportunity  for  the 
elaborate  study  of  music  of  importance  which  was  worth  seri- 
ous study  and  would  not  usually  be  produced  at  concerts. 
Being-  prepared  for  an  audience,  which,  by  previous  training 
and  musical  experience,  was  well  fitted  to  know  what  was  best 
in  music  and  in  musical  interpretation,  the  opportunity  was  of 
great  value. 

The  meetings  were  most  enjoyable  and  continued  over  a 
period  of  six  or  seven  years. 

It  may  -be  remarked  that  I  still  "keep  up"  my  music,  and 
with  Mrs.  Dawson  as  an  accomplished  accompanist,  few  even- 
ings are  passed  without  the  singing  of  a  dozen  or  more  songs. 
A  wide  field  is  open  among  English,  American  and  foreign 
songwriters,  and  both  Mrs.  Dawson  and  myself  being  excel- 
lent readers  of  music,  new  music  is  taken  up  and  read  with 
the  pleasant  anticipation  with  which  new  books  are  opened 
and  read,  of  course  with  the  attendant  result  of  approval  or 
disapproval,  according  to  the  success  of  the  composer. 

Since  the  avowed  purpose  of  these  records  is  to  give  to 
classmates  some  information  as  to  the  spiritual  and  possibly 
mental  growth  of  the  members  of  the  c^ass,  it  may  be  men- 
tioned that  I  deliberately  chose  to  defer  the  period  of  enter-- 
ing into  the  law  and  went  abroad  for  the  purpose  of  continu- 
ing my  study  of  foreign  languages,  in  which  I  had  become 
greatly  interested.  I  made  sufficient  progress  to  be  enabled  to 
read  French,  Italian  and  German  in  the  languages  themselves 
without  conscious  translation,  and  also  acquired  a  serviceable 
use  of  them  in  conversation. 

Although  these  studies  were  taken  up  solely  for  cultural 
purposes  they  have  been  of  the  greatest  practical  advantage, 
I  having  had  almost  constant  use  of  them,  particularly  of 
Italian,  since  the  beginning  of  my  practice. 


84  CLASS  OF  70,  UNIVKKSITY  OF  MICHIGAN 

One  experience  in  this  connection  was  the  formation  of  a 
little  German  Club  called  Die  Runcletafel,  of  which  Mr.  and 
Mrs.  Harrow  were  member.-:  during  a  period  of  over  thirty 
years  of  its  existence.  It  began  in  188:}  and  continued  with 
some  interruptions  until  1916,  when  the  Darrows  removed  to 
Xew  York.  It  met  at  first  weekly  and  then  twice  monthly. 
It  went  over  the  whole  field  of  German  literature  from  the 
Kiebelungen  Lied  to  the  most  modern  works  of  Hauptmann 
and  Sudermann.  The  chief  works  of  the  best  authors  were  in 
turn  studied,  one  member  preparing  questions  on  the  allotted 
matter  read,  the  answering  and  discussion  of  which  in  Ger- 
man took  up  the  evening's  session. 

My  reading  has  been  continuous  and  diversified  and  in  the 
different  languages.  A  favorite  line  is  autobiography  and 
biography.  I  usually  read  from  three  or  four  to  a  dozen  or 
more  volumes  per  month. 

Since  the  year  1898  I  have  had  the  habit  of  making  a  mem- 
orandum of  the  books  read  from  month  to  month.  A  summary 
of  these  memoranda  would  read  something  like  what  is  shown 
in  the  Autobiography  of  Governor  Pennypacker  of  Pennsyl- 
vania, which  many  of  the  Class  may  have  read. 

The  annual  list  runs  from  forty-one  to  one  hundred  and 
twenty-eight  volumes  per  year,  or  an  average  of  over  sixty 
volumes.  I  do  not  claim  that  I  have  derived  any  great  store 
of  permanent  knowledge  from  this  reading,  but  I  have  been 
keenly  interested  in  my  subjects,  and  no  doubt  a  few  crumbs 
have  been  digested  and  assimilated,  adding  to  my  spiritual  and 
intellectual  health. 

I  joined  the  Chicago  Literary  Club  in  the  year  1891  and 
have  been  a  somewhat  constant  attendant  at  its  meetings, 
which  occur  every  Monday  night  from  October  to  the  middle 
of  June-  This  Club  was  organized  through  the  efforts  of 


DEPARTMENT  OF  LITERATURE,  SCIENCE  AND  ARTS      85 

Librarian  Poole,  the  author  of  the  Periodical  Index,  and 
others,  and  has  had  many  eminent  men  among  its  members. 
For  example,  Robert  Collyer,  Brooke  Herford,  Professor 
Swing  and  four  members  of  Presidential  Cabinets. 

In  this  connection  I  have  derived  great  pleasure  from  gath- 
ing  the  material  for  and  preparing  papers  to  be  read  before  the 
Club.  The  following  are  some  of  the  subjects:  The  Integral 
Phalanx,  Diary  of  Henry  Crabb  Robinson,  Mary  Wollstone- 
craft  and  The  Rights  of  Woman,  Amiel  et  Son  Journal  Intime, 
The  Holland  Land  Company,  The  Story  of  a  Very  Great 
Writer  (William  H.  Hudson,  Naturalist).  These  papers  were 
sometimes  "on  the  block"  from  six  months  to  a  year,  requir- 
ing research,  correspondence  and  the  selection  of  material. 

Prior  to  the  year  1905  courts  presided  over  by  Justices  of 
the  Peace  were  the  imperfect  tribunals  before  which  small 
claims  were  litigated  in  Chicago.  The  failure  of  justice  was 
in  many  cases  flagrant,  and,  after  much  discussion  and  agita- 
tion, a  law  was  passed  in  1905  establishing  Municipal  Courts, 
covering  certain  specified  districts  in  the  City  of  Chicago. 

The  two  parties  were,  of  course,  eager  to  capture  the 
places.  A  strong  movement,  however,  arose,  to  place  an  inde- 
pendent ticket  in  the  field,  and  at  the  solicitation  of  those  in- 
terested in  this  movement,  I  permitted  my  name  to  be  placed 
upon  the  ticket.  As  usual,  the  rank  and  file  clung  to  the  par- 
ties, and,  although  the  ticket  had  over  forty  thousand  votes, 
the  Republicans  elected  their  candidates  by  a  plurality  equal 
to  the  vote  of  Democrats  and  Independents  combined.  Not 
having  expected  an  election,  it  was  no  disappointment.  The 
Municipal  Court  now  has  thirty  judges  and  is  a  very  impor- 
tant part  of  our  judicial  system. 

I  have  not  until  very  recently  given  any  thought  to  the 
fact  that  I  am  in  the  ranks  of  those  b^vo^d  the  a!1oftcd  three 


86  CLASS  OF  '7(1,  r.xivFKsrry  OF  MICHIGAN 

score  and  ten.  On  realizing  that  four  of  the  Class  have  passed 
away  since  our  re-union  in  1920,  two  of  whom  were  present 
and  apparently  in  almost  as  good  a  physical  condition  as  I 
was,  I  begin  to  realize  that  I  shall  not  go  on  forever.  At  the 
same  time  I  hope  to  continue  my  interest  in  my  daily  pur- 
suits and  recreations,  so  long  as  I  am  permitted  to  do  so,  with- 
out any  unnecessary  dwelling  upon  the  inevitable  shortness 
of  the  time  yet  before  me. 

In  looking  back,  the  important  thing,  of  course,  with  me, 
as  with  us  all,  has  been  to  make  a  living.  That  has  rilled  up 
the  length  and  breadth  of  life.  Sometimes  one  feels  that  more 
might  have  been  done  in  this  direction  or  that,  either  by  way 
of  self-improvement  or  to  help  some  other  wayfarers. 

When  I  wish  to  gain  a  little  reflected  glory  in  the  eyes  of 
people  I  meet,  I  am  apt  to  mention  belonging  to  a  class  that 
had  among  its  members  a  Civil  Engineer  of  world-wide  rep- 
utation, a  Secretary  of  State  and  Judge  of  the  Supreme  Court 
of  the  United  States,  two  eminent  newspaper  men  who  be- 
came Secretaries  of  great  Expositions,  to  mention  but  a  few, 
and  that  three  members  of  my  Class,  Day,  as  Secretary  of 
State ;  Baker  as  Geographer,  and  Penfield,  as  Solicitor  of  the 
Department  of  State,  were  present  at  the  peace  negotiations 
ending  the  Spanish  War. 

I  also  sometimes  mention  that  while  principal  of  the 
Peoria  High  School,  I  prepared  Grier  Hibben  for  Princeton 
University.  He  is  now  its  President,  having  succeeded  Wood- 
row  Wilson. 


DEPARTMENT  OF  LITERATURE,  SCIENCE  AND  ARTS      87 

JUSTICE  WILLIAM  RUFUS  DAY,  B.  S.,  LL.  D. 

Born  at  Ravenna,  O.,  April  17,  1849. 

Address:     Washington,  D.  C. 

In  February,  1903,  President  Roosevelt  nominated  Justice 
Day  from  the  Circuit  Court  of  Appeals  to  the  United  States 
Supreme  Court  Bench,  to  which  he  was  at  once  confirmed  by 
the  Senate,  and  he  took  his  seat  on  March  2  of  the  same  year. 
From  that  time  to  the  present  his  judicial  record  shows  con- 
tinuous, efficient  and  distinguished  services  to  our  country  in 
its  highest  court. 

Justice  Day  and  wife  were  present  at  our  Class  re-union 
at  Ann  Arbor  in  June,  1905.  The  Class  remembers  with  much 
pleasure  their  presence  at  our  banquet  table  and  the  interest 
they  took  in  the  welfare  of  all  the  "boys"  and  their  families. 
Two  of  their  sons  are  almuni  of  our  University.  It  will  be 
remembered  that  the  Alumni  of  the  University  of  Michigan 
tendered  Mr.  Justice  Day  a  great  banquet  in  New  York  City 
in  February,  1911,  at  which  a  thousand  or  more  sons  of  the 
University,  including  a  considerable  number  of  our  class  were 
present  and  enjoyed  a  most  happy  re-union.  No  pains  were 
spared  to  make  the  banquet  a  success.  It  was  a  very  enthu- 
siastic gathering  and  truly  a  national  dinner  and  gave  evi- 
dence to  the  eastern  portion  of  the  country  of  the  importance 
of  the  great  University  of  Michigan  as  an  educational  factor, 
as  well  as  showing  the  loyalty  of  her  Alumni  there  assembled 
from  every  part  of  the  country. 

The  following  letter  explains  itself: 


88  CLASS  OF  'TO,  UNIVERSITY  OF  MICHIGAN 

Mackinac  Island,  Mich.,  Aug.  7,  1920. 
Mr.  C.  S.  Carter, 
Secretary,  Class  of  '70, 
Milwaukee,  Wisconsin, 
Dear  Carter: 

I  have  your  circular  letter  addressed  to  the  survivors  of  the 
Class  of  '70  asking-  for  data  with  a  view  to  publishing  a  supple- 
ment to  our  Class  history.  Complying  therewith,  I  have  to 
say: 

In  March,  1903,  I  began  service  as  a  Justice  of  the  Supreme 
Court  of  the  United  States,  which  I  have  found  a  steady  job 
from  that  time  to  this.  Fortunately  I  have  had  sufficient 
health  and  strength  to  attend  to  the  duties  of  the  place,  except 
for  a  severe  attack  of  influenza  in  January,  1916,  which  inca- 
pacitated me  from  service  for  the  rest  of  that  term. 

In  January,  1912,  the  greatest  bereavement  which  can  come 
to  a  man  overtook  me  in  the  loss  of  my  wife  after  a  married 
life  of  thirty-six  years. 

Our  boys  all  chose  the  profession  of  law.  The  two  elder, 
William  and  Luther,  are  practising  law  in  the  city  of  Cleve- 
land. Stephen  is  following  his  profession  in  Chicago,  and 
Rufus,  the  youngest,  is  practising  in  Washington,  D.  C.  I 
make  my  home  with  Rufus  and  his  family.  My  oldest  son, 
William  L.,  was  appointed  to  the  Federal  Bench  by  President 
Taft,  having  previously  served  as  United  States  Attorney  by 
appointment  of  President  Roosevelt.  After  three  years  of 
judicial  service,  he  returned  to  the  practice  as  he  regarded  the 
judicial  salary  inadequate  to  support  a  growing  family.  I 
have  been  greatly  blessed  by  the  success  of  my  boys,  and  the 
four  fine  daughters  which  they  have  brought  into  the  family 
by  marriage,  and  an  interesting  and  lively  group  of  ten  grand- 
children. 


DEPARTMENT  OF  LITERATURE,  SCIENCE  AND  ARTS      89 

I  need  not  repeat  how  much  I  regret  my  inability  to  be 
with  the  boys  at  the  Class  Re-union  last  June.  I  have  had  the 
pleasant  experience  of  meeting  some  of  them  from  to  time  in 
Washington.  As  we  grow  older,  the  friendships  of  our  youth 
make  the  strongest  appeal.  I  hope  whenever  you  come 'my 
way  you  will  give  me  the  pleasure  of  seeing  you. 
As  ever, 

Cordially  your  friend, 

WILLIAM  R.  DAY. 

CHARLES  KEENE  DODGE,  A.  B. 

Born  in  Town  of  Blackman,  Jackson  Co.,  Mich,  April  26,  1844 
—Died  at  Ann  Arbor,  Mich.,  March  22,  1918. 

Class  Letter. 

Jackson,  Mich.,  July  21,  1876. 
My  Dear  Boys  of  '70 : 

Ori  receiving  this  mammoth  letter  my  enthusiasm  was 
almost  too  much  for  me,  and  I  came  very  near  letting  off  an 
involuntary  yell.  Two  years  have  now  passed  since  gradua- 
tion, and  I  believe  every  one  of  us  is  alive  and  doing  well. 

Autobiography. 

In  the  summer  of  1870,  after  much  vexation  of  spirit,  I 
found  a  position  as  principal  in  a  school  at  Rockland,  Onton- 
agon  County,  Mich.,  among  the  copper  regions,  where  I  have 
since  remained,  and  shall  also  teach  there  the  coming  year. 
Boys,  as  to  love  matters  you  know  at  college  I  was  always 
very  innocent  and  unpretending. 

After  leaving  Ann  Arbor,  I  even  called  myself  "Innocence 
Abroad  the  Second,"  but  alas !  how  the  things  of  this  world 
will  change.  For  instance,  who  would  have  thought  that  our 


90  CLASS  OF  ?TO,  UNIVERSITY  OF  MICHIGAN 

modest  Ballenger  was  going  to  get  the  cup.  Cupid  has  cer- 
tainly hit  me  in  the  region  of  the  stomach,  but  I  cannot  tell 
you  what  may  be  the  result.  Boys,  let  me  have  all  of  your 
prayers,  for,  as  one  of  you  says,  the  matrimonial  testimony  of 
'70  is  conflicting. 

I  saw  Noble  and  "Dixie"  Gilbert  at  the  Sault  Ste.  Marie 
Canal,  Bird,  Bumpus,  Fleming,  Mickle  and  Wing  are  at  Jack- 
son. Boys,  I  am  going  to  vote  for  Greeley,  but  it  is  the  hard- 
est thing  I  ever  did. 

Yours  for  ever, 

CHAS.  K.  DODGE. 

Mr.  Dodge  continued  the  practice  of  law  at  Port  Huron  at 
the  same  time  holding  a  position  in  the  U.  S.  Custom  House 
at  that  place  up  to  the  time  of  his  death,  March  22,  1918. 

Some  mystery  surrounded  the  death  of  his  widow,  which 
has  not  been  solved  so  far  as  the  Secretary  of  the  Class  knows. 
Her  bodv  was  found  in  St.  Clair  River  October  16,  1918. 


WILLIAM  THOMAS  EMERSON,  B.  S. 

Born  at  Racine,  Wis.,  July  23,  1848— Died  at  Racine,  Wis., 
August  29,  1897. 

Class  Letter. 

Racine,  Wis.,  August  IT,  1872. 
Classmates  of  '70: 

My  half  sheet  to  add  to  this  mass  of  evidence  of  the  pros- 
perity of  '70  has  been  delayed  much  longer  than  I  should  have 
desired  on  account  of  illness, — not  that  kind  of  illness  we  were 
wont  to  have  three  or  four  years  ago,  but  a  real  bona  fide  case 
of  gripes  and  summer  complaint,  which,  however,  leaves  me 
just  now  rather  weak  in  the  pins,  etc.  I  had  quite  the  stand- 


DKI'AltTMKXT  OF   LlTKRATT'RK,   SciKXCE  AND  ARTS        91 

arc!  amount  of  "feeling"  on  receiving  this  package  direct  from 
Edwards  on  the  7th  of  this  month,  and  with  the  rest  of  you, 
doubtless,  shed  my  (crocodile)  tears  for  poor  Pat  Bumpus. 
No  man  of  '70  who  has  with  his  eyes  open  got  himself  into 
such  a  fix  will  receive  any  sympathy  here,  you  bet.  But  that 
is  neither  here  nor  there,  so  as  desired  I  give  you  my  eventful 
history  since  graduation,  to-wit :  Spent  part  of  the  summer 
and  fall  of  '70  on  Lake  Michigan  on  the  Lake  Survey.  From 
December,  '70,  to  the  present  time  have  been  reading  law  in 
a  law  office  in  Racine  with  but  few  interruptions.  No  pros- 
pects of  any  marriage  with  me,  nor  the  responsibility  of  any 
additions  to  the  population. 

Yours  in  '70, 

WILLIAM  T.  EMERSON. 

Following  item  referring  to  the  death  of  Mrs.  Eliza  Emer- 
son, mother  of  our  deceased  classmate,  is  taken  from  the  Ra- 
cine Daily  News  under  date  of  July  10,  1911 : 

In  the  death  of  Mrs.  Eliza  Emerson,  here  Sunday,  at  the 
age  of  almost  102  years,  there  passed  away  one  of  Southern 
Wisconsin's  most  famous  women  pioneers.  She  was  believed 
to  have  been  in  fact  the  oldest  woman  in  the  southern  part  of 
the  state. 

Mrs.  Emerson  was  born  Feb.  14,  1810,  in  New  Hampton, 
N,  H.,  her  maiden  name  having  been  Eliza  Woodman.  She 
was  married  to  Thoma=  J.  Emerson  in  1843,  and  they  came  to 
Racine  in  1844.  Her  husband  was  the  founder  of  the  Racine 
Linseed  Oil  Company. 

Mrs.  Emerson  was  a  woman  of  many  brilliant  attainments, 
being  educated  in  Latin,  Greek,  Italian  and  French.  She  was 
a  graduate  of  New  Hampton  seminary,  and  at  one  time  con- 
ducted a  seminarv  at  Parsonfield,  where  she  taught  classes  in. 


92  CLASS  OF  '70,  UNIVERSITY  OF  MICHIGAN 

the  languages  above  named.     She  was  a  daughter  of  the  Rev- 
olution. 


CHARLES  S.  EDWARDS,  A.  M. 

Born  in  Marshall  County,  111.,  November  6,  1840. 

Address:     Eldorado,  Kansas. 

Class  Letter. 

Sparland,  111.,  Aug.  5,  1872. 

Brothers  of  '70 : 

On  returning  from  a  little  visit  of  recreation  I  found  this 
little  budget  of  letters  in  the  office  which  before  opening  I 
took  to  be  a  parcel  of  handbills  from  Carter  announcing  that 
he,  his  son  or  grandson  would  lecture  in  our  place,  but  was 
much  surprised  to  find  the  Class  letter  which  1  supposed  to 
be  dead,  dead,  dead.  In  regard  to  my  feelings  on  receiving 
it  I  can  only  say,  blessed  be  the  man  of  '70  who  originated  the 
idea  of  a  Class  letter.  The  all  important  question  seems  to 
be  are  you  married?  Well,  yes,  I  believe  I  am,  according  to 
my  understanding  of  the  case,  which  event  took  place  on  the 
28th  of  March,  1871,  to  Miss  Mattie  Boys  of  Lacon,  111.  You 
know  I  was  always  afraid  of  the  girls,  so  thought  I  would 
take  one  of  the  boys.  Have  you  a  competition  for  the  cup? 
Not  any  and  my  mind  is  greatly  agitated  with  doubts  and 
fears  in  respect  to  the  future.  Oh,  ye  lawyers  of  '70 !  Already 
ye  are  beginning  to  raise  strife  and  that,  too,  among  your 
brethren.  Now  let  Ballinger  and  Winchell  alone.  They  are 
honorable,  upright  men  and  will  settle  the  baby  question 
amicably. 


DKI'AKTMKNT   OF    LlTKKATrKK,   SriKNO'K  AND  ARTS        1)3 

Ah,  Pat !  I  thought  you  would  go  astray  when  I  was  no 
longer  beside  you  to  pull  your  hair  and  minister  the  rod  of 
correction.  I  pray  you  mend  your  ways. 

Success  and  prosperity  to  all  of  '70. 

Yours  forever  in  the  bonds  of  '70, 

C.  S.  EDWARDS. 

Edwards  remained  at  York,  Neb.,  until  about  1910,  when 
he  removed  to  Eldorado,  Kan.,  to  be  near  relatives.  He  has 
been  able  to  attend  but  one  Class  reunion.  In  1910  he  sent 
word  that  he  regretted  he  could  not  go  to  Ann  Arbor  to  meet 
the  class,  but  in  referring  to  his  health  stated  that,  "the  people 
here  generally  take  me  to  be  from  five  to  eight  years  younger 
than  I  am.  I  am  the  wonder  of  all  the  people  here  that  I  can 
do  so  much."  He  was  then  in  his  seventieth  year. 

In  April,  1914,  Edwards  wrote  from  Eldorado,  Kan.,  stating 
that  his  wife  had  relatives  there  and  none  at  York,  hence  their 
change  of  residence.  He  also  stated  that  his  hearing  had  been 
greatly  impaired  by  a  severe  attack  of  typhoid  fever  in  1893 
and  that  he  had  been  compelled  to  abandon  his  profession  of 
teaching  on  that  account ;  that  he  was  then  following  a  quiet 
life,  doing  a  little  dairy  work ;  that  his  health  was  fairly  good 
for  one  of  his  age.  He  said:  "I  often  think  of  my  old  Class 
mates  and  wonder  how  they  are  and  where  they  are  and  what 
they  are  doing.  Am  always  glad  to  hear  anything  about  them. 
My  best  wishes  always  go  with  every  member  of  my  old 
Class  of  '70.  A  tie  was  formed  during  those  four  years  of 
college  life  that  nothing  can  ever  sever." 

After  the  death  of  Fearon,  Foster  and  Edwards  were  the 
two  oldest  members  still  living;  Foster  died  Feb.  10,  1921. 


94  CLASS  OF  '70,  UNIVERSITY  OF  MICHIGAN 

RUSSELL  ERRETT,  A.  B. 
Born  at  New  Lisbon,  O.,  September  6,   1845. 

Address:     Christian  Standard,  8th,  9th  and  Cutter  Sts.,  Cin- 
cinnati, O. 

Bro.  Errett  writes  January  6,  1921 : 

I  would  be  glad  to  forward  something  with  regard  to  my- 
self, but  the  older  I  grow  the  less  I  am  inclined  to  write  at 
all,  particularly  of  my  own  personal  affairs.  It  was  my  in- 
tention to  send  something  for  the  Class  Reunion  [last  June], 
but  in  the  multiplicity  of  business  it  was  entirely  over- 
looked. I  will,  however,  take  a  few  minutes  this  afternoon 
and  pen  something  that  will  answer  for  copy — if  it  does  noth- 
ing more  than  that. 

Cincinnati,  Ohio, 
January  6,  '1921. 

MEMORANDUM. 

Perhaps  the  most  striking  feature,  to  the  Class,  in  this  at- 
tempted sketch,  will  be  the  fact  that  in  the  fifty  years  that 
have  intervened  since  the  graduation,  I  have  hardly  seen  a 
classmate  except  at  the  reunion  in  1910.  Barring  that  oc- 
casion, I  do  not  remember  having  encountered  a  single  one 
of  our  number — except  Baker,  shortly  after  graduation. 
Whether  this  is  due  to  Cincinnati's  indubitable  position  as 
the  'Hub  of  the  Universe' — requiring  all  subordinate  bodies  to 
revolve  around  and  never,  no  never,  to  pass  through  it — I 
leave  to  the  wisdom  of  the  Class.  I  simply  record  the  fact. 

Thanks  to  Friend  Carter, — who  is  obviously  the  best  secre- 
tary any  Class  ever  had — the  darker  side  of  our  Class  history 
has  inevitably  been  kept  before  us  in  the  deepening  shadow 


DEPABTMENT  OF  LITERATURE,  SCIENCE  AND  ARTS      95 

of  the  fateful  tidings,  as  one  by  one  the  boys  pass  over  the 
Great  Divide.  Yet,  at  76  1  find  how  good  the  years  have  been 
to  us,  that  so  many  are  now  left.  Surely  in  the  light  of  this, 
our  Indian  Summer,  there  is  much  to  be  thankful  for  amid 
all  the  deplorable  losses  of  the  past. 

On  my  own  part,  I  am  thankful  for  the  fifty  years  of  school- 
ing given  me  since  we  took  our  Degrees.  Following  the 
publishing  business  as  a  calling,  I  have  spent  fifty  years  in 
the  service  of  the  Standard  Publishing  Company  which  in  that 
time  has  grown  more  than  fifty  fold.  In  that  service  I  have 
learned  the  value  of  the  Sermon  on  the  Mount,  and  believe  it 
to  be  the  one  panacea  of  the  ills  that  now  multiply  around  us. 

That  sums  up  my  business  life. 

Have  twice  been  married.  First  in  1879,  to  Mary  Glass,  of 
Cincinnati,  Ohio,  whom  I  lost  in  1888.  We  had  three  chil- 
dren, all  now  living  and  all  married.  Hallie  M.,  married  to 
Roy  Slifer,  Oakland,  California;  John  P;,  married  to  Aleen 
Reed ;  Corine  V.,  married  to  Harry  M.  Baird,  Jellico,  Tenn. 

Second  in  1890,  to  Augusta  Tomlinson,  of  Oxford,  Missis- 
sippi, having  three  children :  Russell,  (died  in  1912)  ;  Mal- 
colm, (died  in  1913)  ;  Henry  T.,  married  to  Mary  Flynn. 

Two  grand  children — the  children  of  John  P. 

My  home  is  at  Terrace  Park,  thirteen  miles  from  Cincinnati, 
Ohio,  where  we  have  lived  for  thirty-one  years. 

For  further  particulars  look  in  any  good  history  of  the 
Country. 

RUSSELL  ERRETT. 


96 


CLASS  OF  '70,  UNIVERSITY  OF  MICHIGAN 


DEPARTMENT  OF  LITERATURE,  SCIENCE  AND  ARTS      97 

ROBERT  NEWTON  FEARON,  A.  M. 

Born  in  Madison   County,   N.  Y.,   March  14,   1839.— Died  at 
Ironton,  O.,  January  18,  1910. 

Class  Letter. 

Oneida,  N.  Y.,  Dec.  1,  1874. 
My  Dear  Classmates: 

Upon  arriving  home  this  morning  after  an  absence  of  about 
two  years,  imagine  my  feelings  when  I  unearthed  a  pile  of 
letters  which  upon  examination  I  found  to  be  the  Class  letter 
of  '70.  At  once  I  could  see  the  ghosts  of  seventy  familiar 
faces  rising  up  to  accuse  me.  I  criminate  myself  for  want 
of  more  precaution,  but  let  me  explain.  Upon  leaving  home 
some  two  years  since,  I  left  directions  to  have  my  mail  for- 
warded to  me  at  Minneapolis,  Minn.,  and  ordinary  letters  were 
so  forwarded,  but  upon  arrival  of  this,  father  interprets  by 
saying  that  he  supposed  it  to  be  an  old  file  of  letters  or  papers 
that  had  been  sent  to  me  for  safekeeping,  and  without  the 
slightest  examination  laid  them  away  and  never  said  "boo." 
Humbly  begging  the  pardon  of  the  Class,  ane  trusting  that 
'ere  this  other  Class  letters  have  been  started,  I  will  give  a  few 
words  of  personal  history  and  send  the  budget  to  our  secre- 
tary to  be  disposed  of  as  he  will  better  know  how  to  dispose 
of  it. 

February,  '71,  held  the  position  of  principal  of  the  public 
schools  of  Ionia,  Michigan.  Married  during  the  summer  vaca- 
tion in  New  York  state ;  went  to  Minneapolis,  Minn.,  engaged 
in  business  during  '72  ;  acted  as  principal  of  the  high  school 
of  that  city  during  '73  ;  engaged  in  the  flouring  business  in  '74, 
in  which  I  am  still  engaged.  Have  a  boy  sixteen  months  old 
and  fair  prospects  for  the  future.  Should  there  be  another 


98  CLASS  OF  ?TO,  TM\  KKSITY  OF  MICHIGAN 

Class  letter  in  circulation,  hope  it  may  not  pass  me  and  I  will 
take  due  precaution  that  it  suffers  no  delay. 

Fraternally  Yours, 

R.  H.  FEARON. 

Mr.  Fearon  continued  in  the  lumber  business  from  1903  up 
to  the  time  of  his  demise,  which  is  described  in  the  following 
obituary  notice : 

Taken  from  the  Ironton,  O.,  Register,  of  January  27,  1910. 

Sadness  reigned  last  week  in  the  home  of  R.  N.  Fearon, 
husband,  father,  citizen,  Christian  gentleman,  whose  spirit  took 
its  flight  near  the  midnight  hour  Tuesday  night,  January  18, 
1910,  for  that  country  from  whence  no  traveler  returns.  The 
visit  of  the  messenger  of  death  into  this  home  was,  however, 
not  unexpected  as  Mr.  Fearon  had  been  in  very  poor  health 
for  over  three  long  years  and  had  at  intervals  during  that  time 
been  very  low,  but  would  survive,  and  improve  sufficiently  to 
get  away  to  other  climes  for  relief.  But  death,  that  arch 
enemy  of  us  all  comes  as  a  grievious  blow  even  though  it  is 
expected. 

About  three  years  ago,  Mr.  Fearon's  family  physician  found 
his  patient  suffering  with  arterio  sclerosis,  or  hardening  of  the 
arteries,  this  trouble  soon  produced  asthma  and  other  compli- 
cations and  advised  an  immediate  change  of  climate  and 
scenes,  so  at  once  Mr.  Fearon  and  his  ever  faithful  wife,  went 
to  California  for  a  prolonged  stay,  hoping  to  secure  not  only 
temporary  relief  but  a  permanent  cure.  Several  months  were 
spent  in  the  most  delightful  part  of  that  state,  but  at  last  a 
longing  for  home  and  old  associations  brought  them  back  to 
Ironton,  the  patient  improved,  but  not  permanently  benefited. 
This  has  been  repeated  for  two  summers  since  the  California 
trip,  each  time  going  to  Bay  View,  Mich.,  that  most  delight- 
ful climate  during  the  summer  season.  Here  Mr.  Fearon 


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could  not  only  get  the  benefit  of  the  bracing  and  healthful 
Michigan  climate,  but  was  most  of  the  time  in  that  splendid 
intelligent  and  religious  atmosphere  which  abounds  especially 
during  the  summer  Chautauqua  held  at  that  great  resort. 
Each  season  a  nice  quiet  cottage  was  rented  and  there  every- 
thing known  was  applied  to  make  the  patient  comfortable 
and  happy.  After  the  return  from  Michigan  last  fall,  there 
seemed  to  be  quite  an  improvement  in  Mr.  Fearon's  condi- 
tion, indeed  for  some  time  he  was  able  to  attend  the  Sabbath 
morning  services  at  Spencer.  This  continued  until  about  two 
months  ago,  since  which  time  he  has  gradually  been  growing 
weaker  and  weaker  until  Tuesday  morning,  it  was  seen  by  all, 
that  the  end  was  near. 

During  all  these  years  of  sickness  all  that  loving  hands  and 
hearts  could  do  to  make  Mr.  Fearon  comfortable  and  free 
from  pain  was  done.  After  a  faithful  wife's  exhaustion  from 
loss  of  rest  and  sleep,  competent  nurses  were  in  attendance 
and  it  was  all  so  greatly  appreciated  by  the  sufferer,  Mr. 
Fearon  often  speaking  of  how  every  want  was  anticipated. 
Twenty-five  years  ago,  Mr.  Fearon  moved  to  Tronton  from 
Catlettsburg,  where  lie  had  been  attracted  on  account  of  th? 
Sandy  Valley  being  such  a  great  lumber  producing  section 
of  the  country.  He  at  once  established  the  Fearon  Lumber 
Co.  of  which  he  was  and  has  remained  its  president.  Dunn0" 
the  last  few  years  of  h?s  active  life  with  this  company — be 
trained  and  educated  a  coterie  of  youngf  men,  who  proved 
to  be  experts  in  the  business  and  have  been  able  to  conduct 
the  affairs  of  the  company  successfully  all  during  the  illneF- 
and  absence  of  their  chief.  During  the  life  of  this  plant,  it 
vent  through  a  very  disastrous  fire  some  12  years  ago,  b"it 
was  rebuilt  and  its  greatest  success  came  after  that  time.  At 
one  time  Mr.  Fearon  w.s  a  member  of  the  city  counc1'!,  but 


100  CLASS  OF  '70,  UNIVERSITY  OF  MICHIGAN 

that  is  the  only  public  office  he  ever  held,  declining  all  others. 
He  was  a  devoted  member  of  Spencer  M.  E.  church,  a  mem- 
ber of  the  official  board  of  that  organization  and  one  of  the 
real,  solid  substantial  men  of  that  institution,  a  man  with 
whom  the  minister  was  always  glad  to  advise  and  consult  and 
to  whom  all  the  people  could  look  with  confidence  and  a  fee1 
ing  of  genuine  sincerity. 

LUTHER  ELLIOTT  FERGUSON,  C.  E. 

Born  on  a  farm  near  White  Pigeon,  Mich.,  September  22,  1845. 

Address  :     White  Pigeon,  Mich. 

Seventy-five  years  old  Sept.  22,  1920,  I  refer  the  other  sur- 
vivors of  'TO,  who  may  be  interested  in  this,  my  last  autobio- 
graphic sketch,  to  Carter's  History  of  1891,  in  which  may  be 
found  a  few  autobiographic  statements  in  outline  of  my  youth- 
ful activities  to  that  date.  Further  refer  to  Carter's  History 
of  1903  for  more  facts  edited  in  the  language  of  third  person. 
Note  the  difference  in  style.  Since  1903,  I  have  been  busy  for 
the  good  of  others ;  producing  foodstuffs  in  quantity  sufficient 
and  in  pleasing  variety  enough  to  feed  indirectly  all  the  sur- 
vivors of  '70.  In  working  out  this  stunt  I  have  enjoyed  good 
health,  physically,  mentally,  morally. 

In  this  month  of  October,  1920,  I  have  picked  off  apples : 
standing  on  a  ladder  and  limbs  of  the  trees  on  my  orchard  ;  of 
a  prize  quality,  and  in  quantity  for  the  coming  winter  need 
of  all  the  survivor's  of  '70.  Come  to  Riverside,  please,  and 
get  your  individual  allotment. 

When  the  great  world  war  had  been  carrying  on  a  month, 
it  occurred  to  me  that  the  only  way  for  me  to  read  the  history 
of  it  would  be  day  by  day  as  the  war  progressed.  So  my 
recreation  for  six  vear  has  been  a  close  study  of  events,  and  a 


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filing  away  of  authentic  facts.  And  when  the  armistice  be- 
gan, I  commenced  to  formulate  in  my  own  mind  how  the  final 
peace  terms  should  be  arranged,  and  what  should  be  the  fate 
of  some  of  the  belligerent  nations,  and  rulers  thereof,  respons- 
ible for  the  devastating  fracas. 

Then  I  thought  of  a  possibility  that  nations  should  go  to 
war  no  more,  and  how  this  peace  arrangement  should  be  con- 
summated. I  wrote  down  my  own  views  in  anticipation  of 
what  should  be  done  at  the  coming  peace  conference.  I  will 
say  at  the  end  of  two  years  that  my  views  of  right,  justice, 
progress  and  prosperity  have  not  been  very  closely  followed 
by  the  great  statesmen  of  the  world  in  their  attempt  at  polit- 
ical world  reconstruction. 

I  am  not  pleased  with  the  league  of  nations  as  written  out. 

My  idea  was :  After  a  suitable  preamble,  to  agree  to  and 
sign  up  two  resolutions  by  the  peace  makers  in  peace  conven- 
tion assembled,  and  invite  all  the  nations  of  the  world  to  sub- 
scribe to  it.  Resolved  by  the  undersigned  allied  nations  in  con- 
vention assembled :  That  there  shall  be  no  more  wars  between 
nations  in  the  future. 

Resolved,  that  we  the  undersigned  association  of  nations 
will  take  any  and  all  situable  peaceable  measures  to  enforce 
the  principle  set  forth  in  resolution  one. 

Those  two  resolutions  would  have  been  acceptable  by  every- 
one as  the  beginning,  and  sufficient  to  addition  of  details 
later ;  as  agreement  and  harmony  would  dictate,  to  provide  for 
a  yearly  assembly  of  statesmen  to  work  out  international 
problems.  And  a  court  of  twelve  eminent  jurists  in  contin- 
uous session  to  finally  decide  the  right  of  all  international 
controversies.  An  association  of  nations  should  be  founded 
on  a  few  principles  of  universal  acceptance,  subject  to  a  con- 
tinuous jprowth.  from  y^pr  to  y°ar,  of  additional  principles  as 


102  ('LASS  OF  'TO,   TXIVKKSITY  OF  MICHIGAN 

could  be  agreed  upon.  However  I  shall  not  vote  in  the  com- 
ing referendum,  Nov.  2,  to  advise  our  country  to  participate 
in  the  league  as  set  forth  by  the  four  great  world  statesmen. 

ACHILLES   FINLEY,   A.   B. 

Born  in  Galloway  Co.,  Mo.,  May  15,  1843.— Died  at  Fulton. 
Mo.,  May  15,  1916. 

Mr.  Finley  served  several  terms  as  district  attorney  at  Ful- 
ton. Galloway  County,  Mo.,  and  continued  in  the  practice  of 
law  at  Fulton  until  his  death.  May  15,  1916.  He  never  at- 
tended any  of  the  Class  reunions  and  but  little  was  heard 
from  him  after  he  left  the  University. 

EDWIN  FLEMING,  A.  M. 
Born  at  West  Lebanon,  Warren  Co.,  Ind.,  December  11,  1847. 

Address:     Buffalo  Club,  Buffalo,  N.  Y. 

Edwin  Fleming's  father,  Jackson  Fleming,  was  a  physician 
at  West  Labanon,  where  Edwin's  early  education  was  ac- 
quired in  the  common  schools,  supplemented  by  one  year's 
study  at  Indianapolis.  He  entered  the  University  of  Michi- 
gan in  September,  1865,  but  withdrew  for  one  year  during 
which  he  taught  school  and  returned  in  September,  1868,  join- 
ing the  Class  of  '70,  with  which  he  was  graduated. 

In  college  he  joined  the  Alpha  Delta  Phi  fraternity,  the 
Alpha  Xu  literary  society  and  was  a  member  of  the  Univer- 
sity Gl°e  Club.  \Ya>  a  speaker  of  the  first  Sophomore  exhibi- 
tion, at  the  Junior  exhibition  and  at  commencement  exercises. 
He  was  one  of  the  editors  of  the  University  Chronicle.  After 
graduation  he  entered  at  once  upon  the  profession  of  journal- 
ism, joining  the  city  staff  of  the  Detroit  Post.  During  the 
winter  of  1870-71,  he  had  charge  of  the  telegrapn  desk  of  the 


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Detroit  Tribune.  Night  work  disagreeing  with  his  health  he 
quit  journalism  for  a  time  and  read  law  at  Ann  Arbor  from 
February  '71  to  June  '71,  when  he  went  to  Kalamazoo  to  do 
editorial  work  on  the  Daily  Telegraph  and  then  on  the  Jack- 
son Citizen.  In  1872  he  resumed  work  on  the  Detroit  Tri- 
bune for  six  months,  going  to  Washington  in  December  '72,  as 
correspondent  of  that  and  other  papers  during  the  session  of 
Congress.  Returned  to  Michigan  latter  part  oT  March,  1872, 
and  remained  until  Class  reunion  in  June.  He  then  started 
on  a  trip  to  Europe.  He  and  Lovell  of  '70,  traveled  together 
through  Scotland,  England,  Belgium,  Germany,  France,  Italy 
and  Austria.  Th~y  met  Darrow  of  '70  in  Paris.  Mr.  Flem- 
ing returned  to  Washington  in  the  fall  of  1874  and  became  th° 
Washington  representative  successively  of  the  New  York 
Journal  of  Commerce ;  the  New  York  Commercial  Bulletin ; 
the  Detroit  Free  Press  (from  1875  to  1885)  ;  the  St.  Louis 
Republic  (from  1881  to  1885)  ;  the  Buffalo  Courier  from  1876 
to  1885;  the  Detroit  Freee  Press,  from  '75  to  '85;  living  in 
"Bachelor's  Hall"  with  "The  Judge." 

From  June  1,  1885,  to  the  Pan  American  Exposition  period 
he  was  the  editor  of  the  Buffalo  Courier.  In  1899  he  acted 
as  secretary  to  Mayor  Diehl  of  Buffalo  in  organizing  the  ex- 
position— renlistment  of  citizens  in  the  organization,  securing 
legislation  at  Albany  and  Washington,  handling  preliminary 
details  and  so  on.  After  incorporation,  became  secretary  of 
the  Pan-American  Exposition  company,  continued  to  be  secre- 
tary through  the  whole  period  of  construction,  operation  and 
winding  up  of  the  exposition,  several  years  of  unceasing  ac- 
tivity and  whirl.  After  the  exposition  episode,  returned  in 
1906  to  editorial  work  on  the  Courier,  and  is  there  at  the  time 
this  is  printed.  Was  present  at  the  50th  anniversary  of  prad- 
mtion. 


104  CLASS  OF  '70,  UNIVERSITY  OF  MICHIGAN 

Mr.  Fleming  says  in  one  of  his  letters  with  reference  to  his 
inability  to  be  present  at  our  reunion  in  1910. 

"I  am  greatly  disappointed.  1  had  been  looking  forward 
with  eager  and  pleasurable  thoughts  to  the  coming  reunion  of 
'TO,  hoping  to  see  you  all  and  to  live  over  again  with  you  those 
fine,  fruitful  college  days ;  to  surrender  myself  again  to  the 
charm  and  exhilaration  of  that  delightful,  undefinable  some- 
thing called  college  spirit — something  that  those  who  have 
once  known  can  never  forget — something  that  those  who  have 
not  known  can  never  fully  understand.  I  had  hoped  to  enjoy 
again  with  you  all  that  choicest  product  of  college  spirit,  class 
comradeship — something  that  is  unattainable  anywhere  else 
in  the  wide  and  wonderful  world.  I  had  hoped  to  see  again 
the  old  campus — to  note  how  the  trees  look  as  they  grow  old 
with  the  rest  of  us  ;  to  renew  acquaintance  with  the  old  build- 
ings if  any  of  them  are  left;  to  look  at  the  streets  of  the  town 
and  the  hills  and  the  river ;  to  search  for  old  landmarks  and, — 
but  I  must  not  go  on  this  way ;  I  may  be  taken  for  a  senti- 
mentalist, and  sentimentalists  are  tabooed  these  pulsing 
Rooseveltian  days.  I  could  not  refrain,  however,  from  throw- 
ing out  certain  kinds  of  feelings  that  may  lead  you,  too,  to 
feel  that  T  shall  be  with  you  in  spirit  at  your  gathering." 


MORRIS  BISHOP  FOSTER,  B.  S. 

Born  in  Keelerville,  Van  Buren  Co.,  Mich.,  January  15,  1843. 
Died  at  Rector  Township,  Renville  Co.,  Minn.,  Feb.  10,  1921. 

A  sketch  of  his  early  life  appears  in  our  former  class  book 
issued  in  1903. 

Mr.  Foster  confined  his  declining  years  to  the  activities  of 
a  farmer's  life  in  Renville  County,  Minnesota,  but  had  been 


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associated  with  the  progressive  element  of  the  community  in 
which  he  lived.  He  had  not  been  situated  so  that  he  could 
join  us  in  our  Class  reunions  much  to  his  regret.  Am  in- 
formed that  he  was  for  some  years  superintendent  of  schools 
at  Glencoe.  In  1916  he  was  living  on  a  farm  in  Renville 
county. 

Morris  Bishop  Foster  was  born  at  Hartford,  Michigan,  Jan- 
uary 15,  1843,  son  of  Ira  and  Caroline  Bishop  Foster,  when 
that  was  the  frontier  country.  He  spent  his  early  years  help- 
ing to  clear  up  the  farm  and  going  to  district  school  winters. 

The  Civil  War  broke  out  when  he  was  17  years  of  age  and 
he  was  among  the  first  to  volunteer.  When  the  period  of  his 
first  enlistment  expired  he  re-enlisted  for  the  duration  of  the 
war.  He  served  in  Grant's  River  Campaign  in  Company  D, 
66th  Illinois  Volunteers,  taking  part  in  the  engagements  at 
Fort  Donaldson,  Shiloh,  Corinth  and  other  places,  and  was 
with  Sherman's  forces  in  that  memorable  march  from  Atlanta 
to  the  sea.  During  part  of  his  army  service  he  was  attached 
to  the  general  staff  and  carried  dispatches  for  Brigadier  Gen- 
eral Dodge.  This  he  looked  back  upon  as  the  most  perilous 
of  his  army  experiences,  though  at  the  battle  of  Shiloh  but 
one  out  of  five  of  his  company  responded  to  roll  call  the  next 
morning. 

At  the  conclusion  of  the  war  he  returned  to  school,  prepared 
himself  for  college  and  entered  the  University  of  Michigan, 
graduating  with  the  class  of  '70.  He  afterward  taught  at 
Benton  Harbor  and  Saginaw,  Michigan,  and  then  came  west  to 
Minnesota  where  he  was  superintendent  of  schools  at  Wa- 
basha.  While  there,  in  1874,  he  filed  on  a  homestead  in  that 
unexplored  region  which  later  became  Hector  Township,  Ren- 
ville County.  Here  he  built  the  first  frame  house  in  the  town- 
ship. From  Wabasha  he  cam°  to  Glencoe  as  superintendent 


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of  schools,  improving  and  breaking  up  his  homestead  during 
vacations.  In  1878  he  quit  teaching  and  devoted  himself  en- 
titrely  to  farming.  He  made  his  home  on  the  old  homestead 
with  the  exception  of  a  few  years  of  residence  in  Hector  until 
he  died. 

His  army  experience,  extending  over  a  period  of  four  years 
of  the  most  impressionable  part  of  his  life,  left  a  lasting  in- 
fluence. He  always  retained  the  bearing  and  habits  of  a  sol- 
dier. 

Born  in  a  pioneer  country  and  coming  again  to  a  pioneer 
country  as  a  young  man,  he  became  so  imbued  with  the  pio- 
neer spirit  that  he  remained  a  pioneer  and  was  ever  eager  to 
be  among  the  first  in  a  new  field  of  endeavor.  His  delight 
was  in  opening  the  way  and  in  the  accomplishment  of  new 
undertakings  rather  than  in  following  the  beaten  paths  and 
gaining  advantages  for  himself.  Between  his  70th  and  76th 
years  he  laid  several  hundred  rods  of  tile  drain  on  his  farm, 
unassisted,  though  he  had  never  seen  tiling  done  until  he 
had  reached  three  score  and  ten.  He  derived  a  great  deal 
of  satisfaction  in  demonstrating  that  he  had  added  a  new  ac- 
complishment to  his  list.  He  was  an  enthusiastic  and  tireless 
worker  whose  spirit  never  flagged ;  standing  courageously, 
face  to  the  front  and  asking  no  quarter.  A  considerable  of 
an  idealist,  a  Puritan  in  spirit,  his  private  life  was  self-deny- 
ing and  guided  by  the  highest  motives.  With  others  he  was 
honest,  frank  and  sincere,  and  to  his  family  he  displayed  a 
solicitous  devotion.  His  whole  life  was  a  most  active  one. 

Although  asiduously  pursuing  his  own  business,  he  took  an 
active  interest  in  all  public  matters  and  kept  abreast  with  the 
times.  Despite  his  years  he  did  not  become  an  old  man  but 
was -still  an  eager  and  enthusiastic  participant  in  all  the  aflfairs 
of  life  to  the  day  of  his  last  illness. 


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\\hile  teaching  at  Saginaw,  Mich.,  he  was  married  to  Cath- 
erine Louise  Folwell,  who  remaained  his  devoted  helper  until 
December,  1912,  when  she  was  called  to  the  Great  Beyond. 
Although  her  death  was  the  saddest  of  blows,  he  bore  up  un- 
der it  with  his  characteristic  fortitude. 

Me  is  survived  by  four  children :  Dr.  Bainbridge  Foster 
of  Spring  Valley,  Minnesota ;  Mrs.  E.  C.  Gaines  and  Robert 
M.  Foster  of  Buffalo  Lake,  and  Thomas  I.  Foster,  who  reside 
on  the  farm,  and  by  two  sisters, 'Mrs.  Olivia  Newton  of  Muske- 
gon,  Mich.,  and  Miss  Josephine  Foster  of  Hartford,  Mich. 

GEORGE  JAY  FRENCH,  A.  B. 

Born  near  Tekonsha,  Mich.,  January  31,   1847. 

Address :     Homer,   Mich. 

Classmate  French  wrote  December  22,  1920: 

"I  have  neglected  to  send  you  any  of  my  history  for  the 
good  reason  that  I  have  not  made  any  that  I  consider  worth 
recording.  Since  my  trip  to  New  York,  Philadelphia,  Wash- 
ington and  Pittsburg  in  September,  1917,  I  have  not  traveled 
much.  Nineteen  hundred  twelve  was  the  last  time  I  saw  the 
city  of  Chicago  and  I  have  not  seen  Milwaukee  since  1874.  I 
have  been  in  Detroit,  Grand  Rapids,  Lansing,  Saginaw,  Battle 
Creek  and  Kalamazoo  several  times  in  the  last  50  years. 

Here  is  hoping  that  we  all  may  meet  again  without  the  loss 
of  one  in  that  brighter  world  beyond  the  sky. 

I  remain  your  friend  and  classmate, 

GEO.  J.  FRENCH. 

He  says  further: 

I  attended  the  commencement  exercises  at  Ann  Arbor  in 
June,  1917.  My  brother  Henry  N.  French  of  the  class  of  '67 
and  H.  P.  Churchill  of  the  same  class  were  there  at  that  time 


108  CLASS  OF  '70,  UNIVERSITY  OF  MICHIGAN 

to  celebrate  their  50th  anniversary.  I  had  a  very  pleasant 
time,  altho  I  did  not  meet  any  of  '70  except  Beman  and  Kint- 
ner.  In  1874,  four  of  us  from  Homer  took  a  trip  from 
Detroit  to  Chicago  by  boat  via  Lakes  Huron  and  Michigan, 
stopping  at  Mackinac,  Charlevoix  and  Milwaukee.  Two  of 
us  went  on  as  far  as  Janesville,  Madison  and  Devils  Lake  near 
Baraboo,  where  we  saw  much  grand  and  beautiful  scenery. 
I  think  it  would  be  well  for  us  who  now  constitute  what  is 
left  of  Class  of  1870  to  meet  at  A.  A.  once  a  year  if  possible. 
I  shall  endeavor  to  be  there  next  June  and  I  hope  to  meet 
many  of  the  old  familiar  faces  at  that  time. 

Yours, 

GEO.  J.  FRENCH. 

Homer,  Mich.,  April  14,  1921. 
Dear  Carter: 

The  sad  announcement  of  the  death  of  my  old  chum,  Whit- 
man, struck  me  with  quite  a  shock.  Whitman  was  my  room- 
mate for  nearly  4  years  at  A.  A.,  and  I  studied  with  him 
sometimes  in  Judge  Joslin's  pagoda,  situated  in  his  capacious 
grounds  at  Ypsilanti,  on  the  border  of  the  banks  of  the  Hu- 
ron. We  slept  together  nearly  4  years,  all  the  time,  except  5 
weeks  I  roomed  with  a  medical  student  at  Jones'  place.  Said 
Jones  was  a  retired  Baptist  preacher,  who  kept  boarders  just 
across  from  the  campus,  northeast.  He  was  the  father  of  our 
classmate  Jones. 

Whitman  and  I  were  sick  a  day  or  two  in  senior  year  while 
living  at  Banister's,  on  State  street.  He  employed  Dr.  Sager 
and  I  employed  Dr.  Palmer,  both  of  the  medical  faculty.  Wre 
moved  our  bed  out  from  the  wall,  and  each  of  us  had  a  chair 
or  stand  near,  where  we  could  readily  reach  our  medicine. 
Fortunately  we  recovered  promptly  from  the  malady  which 


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took  possession  of  us.  I  don't  remember  what  was  the  mat- 
ter with  us,  but  I  know  he  dropped  down  suddenly,  some- 
what like  a  person  fainting.  He  has  visited  me  once  since 
graduation,  but  I  never  went  to  see  him.  The  last  time  I  saw 
him,  I  think,  was  in  1915,  at  Ann  Arbor.  He  was  well  built 
physically.  He  was  quite  an  athlete.  He  had  a  cough  while 
at  Ann  Arbor,  and  was  what  we  used  to  call  of  a  consumptive 
build,  but  he  was  generally  in  the  enjoyment  of  good  health 
as  far  as  I  know.  He  roomed  with  Matthews  a  few  weeks 
while  at  Jones'  place,  but  for  some  reason  they  could  not  har- 
monize, and  he  solicited  me  as  a  chum  and  we  stuck  together 
until  graduation  without  any  serious  disagreement. 

Yours,  etc., 

GEO.  J.  FRENCH. 

During  the  past  3  or  4  months  I  have  been  writing  a  his- 
tory of  the  earlier  events  of  this  locality,  which  have  appeared 
in  the  Homer  Index,  and  seem  to  be  of  considerable  interest 
to  readers  of  that  paper.  G.  J.  F. 

CHARLES  P.  GILBERT,  C.  E.,  M.  E. 

Born  at  Bridgeport,  Conn.,  March    16,    1846. — Died    at    Los 
Gatos,  Cal.,  October  1,  1917. 

Class  Letter. 
Sand  Beach,  Mich.,  May  16,  1875. 

To  the  Classmates  of  '70,  Greeting: 

Having  long  since  abandoned  the  hope  of  seeing  the  long 
looked  for  Class  budget,  my  joy  on  receiving  it  was  the  greater 
in  consequence.  The  letter  has  taken  an  overland  trip  to  the 
Sault  and  back  again  in  its  pursuit  of  me,  its  next  claimant 
and  to  that  trip  must  be  charged  the  soaked  and  streaked  ap- 


110  CLASS  OF  ?70,  TMYKUSITY  OF  MICHIGAN 

pearance  which  it  now  presents.  I  notice  that  it  has  slipped 
my  brother  "Reb,"  Finley,  and  deem  it  but  fair  that  it  should 
go  back  to  him  before  going  down  the  list.  I  send  it  to  him 
with  the  remark  "Be  virtuous  and  you  will  be  happy."  Hop- 
ing that  each  member  of  our  glorious  old  class  will  be  as 
much  warmed  in  Class  feeling  as  I  have  been  1  start  it  again 
on  its  mission  of  friendship  adding  according  to  program  my 
own  history. 

I  was  married  in  Chicago  on  the  22nd  of  May,  1872,  and  am 
now  the  father  of  a  two-year-old  daughter.  The  history  of  my 
wanderings  is  as  follows :  I  spent  the  summer  of  '70,  looking 
around  for  work,  making  Meyendorff  a  visit  down  in  Illinois, 
and  finally  accepted  a  situation  as  draughtsman  in  the  office 
of  M.,  K.  &  T.  R.  R.  at  Sedalia,  Mo.  After  a  few  months  of 
labor  and  associations  by  no  means  agreeable,  I  joined  Meyen- 
dorff  on  the  Wabash  river  where  a  bridge  was  in  course  of 
erection  by  the  St.  L.  &  S.  E.  Ry.  Co.  A  few  months  of 
pleasant  work  and  companionship  was  followed  by  an  inglor- 
ious retreat  from  that  delightful  region  which  Davock  has 
well  described,  before  an  attack  of  ague  (bona  fide  shakes 
twice  a  day),  I  went  to  Chicago,  and  while  recruiting  was 
irregularly  employed  reporting  and  writing  for  the  R.  R.  Gaz- 
ette, visiting  several  of  the  prominent  bridges  in  the  west  for 
that  purpose.  While  thus  engaged  I  received  an  appointment 
as  assistant  upon  the  government  work  at  Sault  Ste.  Marie, 
Mich.,  which  was  then  as  now  under  the  local  charge  of 
Noble.  After  3l/2  years  of  both  winter  and  summer  work  in 
that  decidedly  cool  region  I  was  ordered  to  the  Harbor  of  Re- 
fuge building  at  Sand  Beach,  Mich.,  and  placed  in  local  charge 
of  the  work,  which  position  I  still  hold.  I  have  secured  for 
Perry  a  position  with  me  for  the  present  season,  and  we  have 
enjoyed  together  the  arrival  of  the  Class  letter.  Engineers 


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are  not  expected  to  live  among1  civilized  people,  therefore  I 
have  no  right  to  complain  that  my  life  is,  and  must  be,  passed 
away  from  social  privileges,  and  am  satisfied  that  I  can  be 
contented  and  happy  whenever  I  can  have  a  comfortable  home 
with  my  family  and  envy  no  bachelor  member  of  '70,  who  may 
be  fortunate  enough  to  be  surrounded  by  a  large  circle  of 
friends  and  acquaintances. 

Sincerely  Yours, 

C.   P.  GILBERT. 

After  residing  for  a  time  at  Berkeley,  Cal.,  Gilbert  made  his 
permanent  home  at  Los  Gatos,  Cal.,  where  he  occasionally 
saw  John  A.  Baldwin.  He  wrote  from  there  in  June,  1910, 
saying  that  he  much  regretted  that  it  would  be  impracticable 
for  him  to  attempt  to  join  us  at  our  reunion  that  month,  and 
that  he  doubted  whether  he  would  ever  undertake  to  cross  the 
continent  again.  He  said :  "Please  express  to  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
Beman  my  thanks  for  their  kind  invitation  and  to  the  class- 
mates who  attend,  my  cordial  regards.  I  have  the  pleasure 
here  of  meeting  Baldwin  occasionally." 

His  oldest  daughter  Jennie,  married  L.  H.  Earle,  who  re- 
sides in  Los  Gatos,  as  do  his  widow  and  daughter  Mary. 

JUDGE  FRANK  GUNNISON,  LL.  B. 

Born  at  Erie,  Penn.,  Feb.  2,  1848. — Died  at  Erie,  Penn.,  April 

23,  1919. 

Honorable  Frank  Gunnison,  President  Judge  of  the  courts 
of  Erie  county,  Pa.,  from  January  1,  1887,  to  January  1,  1897, 
died  on  April  23rd,  1919,  in  the  seventy-first  year  of  his  age. 

His  father  was  one  of  the  earlier  leaders  of  the  Bar  of  Erie. 
Judge  Gunnison  was  born  into  the  higher  circle  of  the  pro- 
fession, and  was  an  heir  to  its  best  traditions. 


112  CLASS  OF  '70,  UNIVERSITY  OF  MICHIGAN 

He  received  his  training  in  the  Erie  Academy,  the  Univer- 
sity of  Michigan,  and  the  Harvard  Law  School.  Upon  his  ad- 
mission to  the  Bar,  he  began  a  busy  professional  career  which 
continued  almost  to  the  hour  of  his  death.  His  career  as  a 
lawyer  and  a  judge  covered  fifty  years  of  continuous  work. 

His  well-trained  mind  and  strong  common  sense  quickly 
grasped  the  essential  facts  of  apparently  complicated  matters, 
and  accurately  applied  the  rules  of  law,  reaching  decisions 
which  were  seldom  overturned.  He  commanded  the  respect 
of  the  public  and  the  courts,  not  only  because  of  the  excellence 
of  his  work,  but  because  of  his  high  standards  of  conduct,  his 
refinement  of  character,  his  charming  personality,  and  his 
spirit  of  helpfulness  to  all  with  whom  he  came  in  contact. 
He  had  an  ever  present  sense  of  humor  which  the  most  formal 
occasion  could  not  suppress,  and  which  lightened  the  labors 
of  his  associates  and  of  every  tribunal  over  which  he  presided 
or  before  which  he  appeared. 

But  few  of  the  associates  of  his  youth  now  survive  him,  so 
rapidly  does  the  personnel  of  the  Bar  change  with  the  passing 
of  the  years ;  but  a  generation  of  practitioners  who  came  to  the 
Bar  while  he  was  upon  the  Bench  and  since,  remember  with 
gratitude  his  kindness  and  assistance  in  their  studies  for  ad- 
mission and  in  their  professional  efforts. 

He  was  a  wise  and  safe  counsellor ;  no  lawyer  was  ever 
truer  to  the  interests  of  his  clients.  He  combined  unusual 
business  judgment  and  experience  with  profound  knowledge 
of  the  law.  He  was  not  a  lover  of  litigation  and  did  not 
hasten  to  advise  it ;  but  when  he  felt  that  his  client's  rights 
had  been  violated,  he  seldom  ceased  his  efforts  to  obtain  re- 
dress until  after  the  decision  of  the  Court  of  last  resort. 

He  was  interested  in  public  affairs,  in  the  problems  of  so- 
ciety and  government:  a  student  of  legislation  and  of  history; 


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and  his  wide  reading  was  supplemented  by  extensive  travel 
in  his  own  country  and  in  foreign  lands.  He  was  one  of  the 
most  loyal  of  Americans ;  a  large  part  of  his  time  was  given 
freely  to  the  activities  of  the  war,  even  when  his  health  was 
such  as  to  make  such  efforts  inadvisable  ;  and  the  last  hours 
which  he  spent  at  his  office  before  his  fatal  illness  overtook 
him  were  devoted  to  this  work. 

OTIS  ERASTUS  HAVEN,  A.  M.,  M.  D. 

Born  at   Maiden,   Mass.,  July   27,    1849.     Died   at   Evanston, 
Ills.,  February  3,  1888. 

Class  Letter. 

Evanston,  111.,  Nov.  20,  1875. 

Ever  Dear  Classmates : 

The  bonds  of  'TO  are  still  dear  to  me  and  now  after  five 
years  of  busy  life  since  we  parted  upon  graduation  day  seem 
dearer  than  ever  before.  I  am  an  old  pedagogue.  Am  teach- 
ing now  and  should  not  wonder  if  I  always  followed  this 
work.  Immediately  after  graduating  I  went  into  the  large 
furniture  house  of  A.  H.  Andrews  &  Co.,  in  Chicago,  as  cor- 
responding clerk.  Remained  there  six  months  and  then  left, 
heartily  disgusted  with  my  experience  in  business  life.  Then 
went  to  McGregor,  la.,  where  I  remained  two  years  and  a 
third  as  principal  of  the  school.  Imagine  your  numble  ser- 
vant entering  upon  the  duties  of  a  principal  over  a  school  hav- 
ing twelve  teachers!  Did  I  tremble?  I'll  never  forget  my 
experience  in  opening  the  high  school  at  morning  exercises 
that  first  Monday  morning.  Well,  anyway,  with  all  the  trials 
and  tribulations  I  succeeded  and  so  well  that  I  concluded  to 
share  the  trials  as  well  as  the  pleasure  with  a  better  half.  So 
on  August  2nd,  1871,  Miss  Alice  L.  Sutherland  and  myself 


114  CLASS  OF  'TO,  UNIVERSITY  OF  MICHIGAN 

were  united  in  the  bonds  of  matrimony.  After  remaining  in 
McGregor  two  years,  having  received  an  appointment  as  sup- 
erintendent of  schools  in  this  place  I  accepted,  and  here  we 
are  in  one  of  the  most  pleasant  places  in  Illinois,  12  miles  from 
Chicago,  and  the  seat  of  the  Northwestern  University.  Here 
we  expect  to  remain.  Our  little  girl  three  years  old  calls  me 
papa  "Otis"  Evasticus  and  other  affectionate  appellations. 
The  wife  call's  me  "hub"  and  we  three,  wife,  Gracie  and  my- 
self are  about  as  happy  as  happy  can  be.  We  pity  all  bachelor 
members  of  '70.  May  their  numbers  continually  grow  less ! 
I  frequently  meet  members  of  '70,  and  sincerely  desire  that 
if  any  of  our  Classmates  ever  pass  this  way  they  may  make 
their  home  with 

Your  Brother  in  '70, 

O.  E.  HAVEN. 

JAMES  ALFRED  HAYWARD,  C.  E. 

Born  at  Dublin,  Cheshire  Co.,  N.  H.,  September  12,  1849. 
Drowned  in  Gulf  of  Mexico,  off  the  Texas  Coast,  Aug.  12,  1880. 

Galveston,  Texas,  Nov.  13,  1876. 

Fellow  Classmates: 

The  Class  letter  reached  me  in  New  Orleans  a  few  days 
ago  on  the  eve  of  my  departure  for  this  place,  and  I  take  this, 
my  first  opportunity,  to  add  to  its  volume.  It  is  useless  for 
me  to  try  to  express  in  words  my  feelings  as  I  carefully  read 
the  history  and  the  experiences  of  my  beloved  Classmates. 
I  will  therefore  briefly  add  my  autobiography.  Since  Class 
Day  of  1870  my  life  has  been  an  eventful  one.  To  attempt  a 
full  history  would  be  to  write  a  small  volume.  I  have  seen 
both  prosperity  and  adversity  in  its  various  tips  and  downs. 
I  have  worked  as  a  day  laborer  and  positions  commanding 


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good  salaries.  I  have  enjoyed  a  season  of  most  perfect  happi- 
ness, and  passed  through  one  of  the  severest  trials  that  ever 
mortal  man  can  be  called  upon  to  endure.  Briefly :  Soon  after 
Class  Day  '70,  I  went  to  Kansas  where  I  soon  secured  work 
as  assistant  on  the  St.  L.  L.  &  D.  R.  R.  My  eye  sight  failing 
I  was  compelled  to  abandon  my  situation.  I  then  secured 
work  on  the  L.  L.  &  G.  R.  R.,  first  as  wiper  in  the  engine 
house,  then  as  fireman  on  a  locomotive.  In  the  spring  of  '71 
left  that  road  and  endeavored  to  amass  a  fortune  by  publish- 
ing maps.  Fortune  smiled  and  frowned  upon  me  in  this  en- 
terprise until  her  frowns,  combined  with  a  protracted  illness 
compelled  me  in  the  summer  of  '72  to  abandon  that  business. 
I  then  went  to  Winona,  Minn.,  and  secured  a  position  as  fire- 
man on  a  locomotive  on  the  W.  &  St.  P.  R.  R.  I  remained 
there  three  months,  when  having  entirely  recovered  my 
health  I  accepted  a  situation  as  draughtsman  and  deputy 
county  surveyor  in  La  Crosse,  Wis.  I  remained  there  as 
long  as  the  work  lasted  and  during  the  winter  proceeded  to 
Milwaukee,  Wis.,  Chicago,  111.,  and  finally  Rock  Island,  111.,  in 
search  of  work.  Failing  to  secure  it  I  I  embarked  in  the  map 
business  again  and  joined  Willits  and  Waters  as  silent  part- 
ner in  publishing  maps  of  Rock  Island  and  Moline,  111.,  and 
Davenport,  la.  Here  fortune  frowned  again  and  I  had  but 
little  to  show  for  that  winter's  work  when  in  July  '73,  I  de- 
parted to  see  my  prospective  wife  in  Kalamazoo,  Mich.  While 
on  this  visit  fortune  smiled,  for  I  learned  through  Bird  of  a 
chance  to  earn  some  money  in  Texas  and  received  through 
Ripley  an  appointment  as  draughtsman  on  a  government  sur- 
vey then  in  his  charge.  Afterwards  through  Mr.  Ripley's  in- 
fluence I  received  an  appointment  as  Asst.  U.  S.  Engineer, 
which  I  retained  until  March  '75,  a  portion  of  the  time  having 
charge  of  a  surveying  party,  and  a  part  of  the  time  stationed 


11(>  CLASS  OF  'TO,  UNIVERSITY  OF  MICHIGAN 

at  the  iiTouth  of  the  Mississippi  river  to  assist  on  important 
work  there.  July  26,  '73,  previous  to  my  going  South,  I  mar- 
ried Miss  Ida  Upjohn  of  Kalamazoo,  Mich.,  formerly  of  Ann 
Arbor  and  well  known  to  many  of  my  Classmates.  The  win- 
ter of  '74-75  she  passed  with  me  in  New  Orleans  and  in  March 
'75,  I  returned  with  her  to  Michigan.  For  a  few  months  I 
remained  in  idleness, (  but  in  the  fall  of  '75,  accepted  an  offer 
from  Bird  and  Mickle  of  Jackson  and  joined  them  on  a  small 
salary  in  the  map  business.  I  remained  with  them  until 
March  '76.  It  was  then  that  I  passed  the  happiest  hours  of 
my  life  and  enjoyed  for  a  brief  period  those  blessings  which 
make  life  so  dear  to  us  all.  Anxiously  I  looked  forward  to 
the  time  when  nothing  should  be  wanting  to  make  my  happi- 
ness complete,  but  alas !  On  the  26th  of  April  '76,  my  wife 
gave  birth  to  a  dead  child  and  followed  it  in  a  few  hours  to 
that  life  we  know  not  of.  And  now  I  am  left  to  plod  alone 
this  weary  world  of  woe,  doubly  lonesome  in  the  loss  of  her 
I  loved  so  dearly. 

The  north  becoming  distasteful  to  me  I  returned  last  June 
to  New  Orleans.  For  a  while  I  amused  myself  in  publishing 
in  the  "Engineering  News"  and  "Chicago  Times"  attacks  up- 
on Capt.  Jas.  B.  Ead's  Jettie  Works  at  South  Pass,  Mississippi 
river.  *  *  :i  I  had  a  situation  as  Asst.  U.  S.  engineer  offered 
me  there,  but  refused  to  take  it.  Early  last  month  I  received 
an  appointment  as  draughtsman  in  the  U.  S.  Engineers'  office 
in  New  Orleans,  and  a  few  days  ago  an  appointment  as  U.  S. 
Asst.  Engineer,  and  given  charge  of  an  important  survey  in 
Galveston  Bay.  I  have  decided  to  make  New  Orleans  my  fu- 
ture home.  I  will  now  pass  the  Class  letter  over  to  Ripley 
who  will,  I  trust,  say  his  say.  After  which  it  will  be  forwarded 
as  suggested  by  Noble. 


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Hoping  prosperity  and  happiness  will  be  the  lot  of  all  my 
beloved  classmates, 

I  am  in  '70  forever  yours, 

J.  A.  HAYWARD. 

JOHN  COLLINS  ROWLAND,  M.  S. 
Born  in  Mundy,  Genesee  Co.,  Mich.,  September  27,  1849. 

Address:     106  South  Brook  Court,  Washington,  D.  C. 

Mr.  Howland  has  devoted  much  of  his  time  for  the  last  20 
years  to  law  matters  arising  in  the  Land  Department  in  Wash- 
ington. About  1907  he  had  the  very  great  misfortune  of 
breaking  a  leg.  He  later  had  a  fall  and  broke  a  rib  which  ag- 
gravated his  difficulty.  He  manages  to  get  about,  however, 
by  the  aid  of  a  crutch  and  a  cane.  He  attended  our  reunion 
in  June  last  and  was  cheerful  and  happy.  The  boys  were  de- 
lighted to  see  him  once  more.  He  has  the  sympathy  and  best 
wishes  of  all  his  classmates  in  his  misfortune. 

FRANK  HOWARD  HOWE,  A.  B.,  LL.  B. 

Born  at  Green  Bay,  Wis.,  May  10,  1850.— Died  in  New  York 
City,  December  29,  1897. 

Class  Letter. 

Washington,  D.  C.,  Dec.  2  ,  1876. 

To  my  former  Classmates  of  1870: 

The  Class  letter  which  I  find  was  started  some  five  years 
ago  reached  me  for  the  first  time  the  other  day  through  the 
kindness  of  Messrs.  Thayer  and  Adams.  I  make  haste  to  add 
my  contribution  to  those  that  have  gone  before.  My  life  has 
passed  very  pleasantly  and  rapidly  for  the  past  six  years.  I 


118  CLASS  OF  '70,  UNIVERSITY  OF  MICHIGAN 

have  spent  most  of  it  in  the  "City  of  magnificant  distances" 
where  I  propose  making  my  future  home.  In  the  summer  of 
1872  I  was  admitted  to  the  bar  of  the  Supreme  Court  of  the 
D.  C.  as  a  graduate  of  the  Columbia  Law  College.  And  since 
the  summer  of  1873  I  have  been  practicing  my  profession. 
My  history,  I  think,  can  be  briefly  summed  up  in  those  two  or 
three  sentences.  As  one  of  those  who  has  written  before  me 
has  said  the  life  of  a  lawyer  is  exceedingly  monotonous.  One 
must  look  for  interesting  passages  and  thrilling  adventures 
rather  in  the  lives  of  the  Engineers  of  the  Class.  I  think 
Meyendorff,  for  instance  might  be  able  to  add  a  very  read- 
able chapter  to  the  Class  history  by  narrating  the  story  of  his 
life  on  the  Montana  plains  and  in  the  California  mountains. 
Being  but  a  plain  attorney  myself,  I  can  but  regret  my  in- 
ability to  say  anything  very  interesting  or  amusing  and  to 
subscribe  myself  with  the  best  wishes  for  you  all. 

Very  sincerely  yours, 

F.  H.  HOWE. 

WASHINGTON  HYDE,  Ph.  B.,  LL.  B. 

Born  at  Farmington,  O.,  May  7,  1847. 

Address:     Warren,  O. 

Mr.  Hyde  has  continued  in  the  active  and  successful  prac- 
tice of  law  at  Warren,  O.,  since  1903.  He  attended  the  semi- 
centennial reunion  last  June.  He  is  President,  Treasurer  and 
Attorney  of  the  Warren  &  Niles  Telephone  Company,  which 
has  grown  to  be  a  corporation  of  more  than  one-half  million 
assets  and  nearly  6,000  telephones,  and  is  President  and 
Treasurer  of  The  King  Furniture  Manufacturing  Company  of 
Warren,  O.,  of  which  he  is  a  large  owner;  and  President  of 
The  Warren  Rubber  Company,  a  wholesale  jobbing  house 


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with  $300,000  assets.  Mr.  Hyde  has  recently  been  elected 
President  of  the  Trumbull  County  Bar  Association  of  Trum- 
bull  County,  Ohio. 

His  youngest  son,  Clarence,  who  was  with  the  American 
army  in  the  great  war  was  killed  on  "Flanders  Field"  Octo- 
ber 31,  1918.  He  has  five  children  and  eight  grand  children 
living.  His  second  son,  Edward,  was  admitted  to  the  Ohio 
Bar  last  December  and  is  now  engaged  with  him  in  the  prac- 
tice of  law  at  Warren,  under  the  firm  name  of  Hyde  &  Hyde. 

Mr.  Hyde's  health  was  never  better,  physically  or  mentally. 
He  is  very  busy  caring  for  his  large  business  interests  and 
law  practice. 

FRANCIS  WAYLAND  JONES,  A.  M.,  LL.  B. 

Born  at  Hamburg,  Washtenaw  Co.,  Mich.,  August  23,  1849. 
Died  at  Los  Angeles,  Cal.,  January  8th,  1905. 

Class  Letter. 

Chicago,  111.,  June  16,  1877. 

In  adding  my  postscript  to  '70's  volume  I  am  reminded  by 
its  size  that  "personals"  only  are  acceptable ;  therefore :  The 
first  year  after  we  separated  I  spent  at  "Alma  Mater"  pur- 
suing a  post  graduate  course  in  Latin  and  Greek  and  receiving 
M.  A.  degree  on  examination,  at  the  same  time  taking  a  course 
of  lectures  in  the  law  department.  In  September  '71,  I  was 
called  to  take  charge  of  Mathematics  in  Wayland  Seminary,. 
Beaver  Dam,  Wisconsin,  where  I  had  prepared  for  college. 

The  fall  and  winter  of  '72  I  spent  at  Climax,  Michigan  in 
charge  of  the  school  at  that  place,  remaining  there  till  Feb- 
ruary, '73,  when  I  moved  to  Washington,  D.  C.,  for  the  pur- 
pose of  completing  my  law  studies,  at  the  same  time  receiving 


120  CLASS  OF  '70,  UNIVERSITY  OF  MICHIGAN 

an  appointment  in  the  Treasury  Department  on  examination 
under  the  Civil  Service  rules,  ranking  eighth  in  a  class  of  about 
525. 

In  May,  '74,  I  graduated  from  the  law  school  of  the  Nation- 
al University,  was  admitted  to  the  bar  of  the  District  of  Colum- 
bia and  immediately  resigned  my  position  in  the  Department 
and  removed  to  Chicago,  where  I  have  since  been  engaged  in 
the  practice  of  the  law. 

To  the  world  at  large  my  matrimonial  prospects  remain  in 
statu  quo,  but  to  the  boys  of  '70,  I  will  admit  a  contract  (not 
of  record)  which,  when  carried  out,  will,  I  trust,  enable  me 
to  extend  a  cordial  invitation  to  all  of  '70  to  come  and  see  us 
as  they  pass  through  this  great  metropolis. 

In  the  meantime  dire  vengeance  on  the  man  who  dares  to 
pass  through  Chicago  without  calling  at  84  Washington  street, 
room  3. 

Am  well  pleased  to  have  heard  from  so  many  of  the  boys 
of  '70  and  of  their  prosperity  and  promising  to  attend  to  Malt- 
man's  invocation  in  regard  to  our  reunion, 

I  remain  as  ever  in  '70, 

F.  W.  JONES. 

Mr.  Jones  died  at  Los  Angeles,  Cal.,  January  8,  1905,  and 
was  thus  spoken  of  by  the  Press  at  that  place : 

Francis  W.  Jones,  assistant  secretary  of  the  Los  Angeles 
Title,  Insurance  and  Trust  Company,  died  early  yesterday 
morning  after  a  brief  illness.  The  immediate  cause  of  his 
death  was  hemorrhage  of  the  brain,  superinduced  by  overwork. 

Mr.  Jones  was  well  known  among  the  business  fraternity  of 
this  city,  having  been  connected  with  a  number  of  enterprises 
for  the  past  ten  years. 

He  was  a  graduate  of  the  University  of  Michigan  and  also 
of  the  Columbia  College  of  Law  at  Washington,  D.  C.,  where. 


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as  a  young  man,  he  was  admitted  to  the  bar.  After  practicing 
for  a  number  of  years  in  the  Capital  City,  he  was  named  by 
President  Garfield  to  a  responsible  position  in  the  National 
Treasury  where  he  served  through  the  Garfield  and  Arthur 
administrations.  About  ten  years  ago  he  came  to  Los  Angeles 
and  has  been  interested  in  public  affairs  in  this  city  ever  since. 

Mr.  Jones  was  fifty-five  years  of  age  and  leaves  beside  his 
widow,  three  daughters,  Elizabeth,  Ethel  and  Marie.  His 
death  occurred  at  the  family  residence  at  12  :30  Sunday  morn- 
ing. 

Though  pressed  with  many  business  cares,  Mr.  Jones  gave 
a  generous  part  of  his  time  to  church  work.  He  was  an  hon- 
ored member  of  the  Temple  Baptist  Church  and  was  a  trustee 
of  the  church  at  the  time  of  his  death. 

REV.  EUGENE  KETCHUM,  B.  S. 

Born  at  Pulaski,  Hancock  Co.,  111.,  April  13,  1840.— Died  at 
Waverly,  Iowa,  November  16th,  1906. 

Our  Classmate  Ketchum  had  quite  a  remarkable  life,  con- 
sidering that  he  was  practically  blind  from  his  15th  year  until 
he  was  about  twenty-four  years  of  age.  He  deserved  great 
praise  for  accomplishing  what  he  did.  The  following  letter 
from  his  daughter  gives  the  details  concerning  the  close  of  his 
active  life. 

Riceville,  Iowa,  June  22nd,  1907. 
Dear  Mr.  Carter: 

Mamma  receieved  your  very  kind  letter  some  time  ago  and 
has  asked  me  to  fulfill  your  request  concerning  papa's  last 
illness. 

Our  home  was  in  Waverly  from  the  summer  of  1904  until 
November  last.  Papa's  health  had  failed  rapidly  during  the 


122  CLASS  OF  '70,  UNIVERSITY  OF  MICHIGAN 

past  summer  but  he  was  not  confined  to  his  bed  until  about 
November  2nd,  when  he  was  suddenly  attacked  with  typhoid. 
During  the  following  three  weeks  he  was  delirious  most  of  the 
time.  The  afternoon  before  his  death,  he  was  conscious  a 
few  hours  although  almost  too  weak  to  speak. 

All  the  children  were  home  during  the  last  week  except 
Vesta,  the  eldest,  who  had  left  last  July  for  Pasadena,  Cal.,  to 
take  up  nursing.  He  was  so  low  from  the  very  first  that  the 
doctors  thought  she  could  not  get  home  in  time. 

He  passed  away  without  any  suffering  on  the  morning  of 
the  17th.  A  short  service  was  held  at  the  house  on  Sunday 
morning,  and  in  the  afternoon  the  family  left  for  Riceville 
where  the  public  funeral  was  held  on  Monday.  The  remains 
were  buried  in  the  local  cemetery. 

Since  then  mamma  and  Jennie  have  stayed  with  Ethel  in 
Riceville  and  Alice,  who  taught  seventh  grade  in  Waverly, 
remained  there  together  with  Floyd,  who  attended  the  High 
School. 

Hoping  this  may  prove  to  be  what  you  desired  I  beg  to 
remain, 

Yours  sincerely, 

EDITH  L.  KETCHUM. 

CHARLES  J.  KINTNER,  C.  E. 

Born  in  Town  of  Boone,  Harrison  Co.,  Ind.,  April  19,  1848. 
Address:     309  N.  Ingalls  St.,  Ann  Arbor,  Mich. 

After  serving  many  years  in  the  patent  office  at  Washington 
as  an  expert  in  the  field  of  electricity,  Mr.  Kintner  removed  to 
New  York  City  and  opened  an  office  and  took  up  the  practice 
of  a  patent  lawyer,  engaging  in  controversies  over  the  use  of 
electricity  in  connection  with  patents.  He  also  invented  and 


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took  out  patents  in  his  own  name  for  various  applications  of 
electricity.  Was  an  expert  in  patent  causes.  He  was  a  great 
student  and  applied  himself  very  closely,  in  fact  too  closely 
for  his  own  good  health.  His  broken  health,  doubtless,  re- 
sults from  too  strenuous  an  application  to  his  life  work  in  his 
profession.  Mr.  Kintner  retired  from  active  work  some  time 
ago  and  returned  with  Mrs.  Kintner  to  their  Ann  Arbor  home. 
It  is  great  consolation  to  the  Class  to  know  that  our  dear 
"Charlie  Kintner"  is  receiving  every  care  possible  from  a  de- 
voted wife.  We  sincerely  regretted  that  his  ill-health  did  not 
permit  of  their  attendance  at  our  semi-centennial  banquet  last 
June. 

JUDGE  OWEN  EDGAR  LE  FEVRE,  Ph.  B. 

Born  in  the  Town  of  Little  York,  O.,  August  6,  1848.— Died 
at  Denver,  Colorado,  March  28,  1921. 

To  the  Members  of  My  Class,  Thirty-three  in  Number,  Greet- 
ings: 

After  the  lapse  of  these  fifty  years,  I  again  am  in  your 
midst,  at  least  in  spirit.  To  recall  the  intervening  years  since 
June  of  '70,  is  to  review  my  life  almost  in  its  entirety,  only 
faintly  recalling  the  days  which  I  had  passed  before  that  time, 
and  they  were  days  of  unalloyed  happiness. 

But  in  June,  1870,  my  days  of  work  actually  began  and  were 
continued  uninterruptedly  until  I  quit  the  Bench  in  1902,  to 
take  an  enforced  vacation,  which  has  been  prolonged  until  this 
date.  When  I  retired  from  the  Bench  I  was  past  52  years 
of  age,  and  not  desiring  to  resume  the  practice  of  the  law,  I 
longed  to  see  more  of  other  countries  and  to  give  more  time 
to  travel,  and  the  study  of  art.  I  had  previously,  on  two  oc- 
casions, been  in  England,  France,  Holland  and  Italy.  Whether 


124  CLASS  OF  '70,  r NIVI-: us rrv  OF  MICHIGAN 

I  had  good  and  sufficient  reasons  for  that  quitting  I  am  un- 
able to  say — but  quit  I  did.  While  abroad  I  lived  in  Berlin, 
Florence,  Oxford,  England  and  Paris,  two  or  more  years  in 
each  city ;  engaged  in  the  study  of  art,  history  and  the  various 
social  conditions  there  confronting  us.  My  life  while  there 
was  a  busy  one  and  a  happy  one  until  it  was  brought  to  an 
end  by  the  world's  war,  in  the  closing  days  of  1913,  before 
open  hostilities  began  in  1914.  At  sundry  times  I  returned 
to  America,  and  in  the  meantime  visited  different  parts  of  my 
own  country  as  well  as  Egypt,  the  Holy  Land,  India  and  the 
far  East,  where  I  met  our  genial  and  able  friend  Judge  Thayer, 
in  China. 

So  you  will  understand  that  my  years,  since  I  became  one  of 
the  world's  daily  workers  in  1870,  have  almost  been  contin- 
uous, either  at  work  or  play,  both  having  been  rather  stren- 
uous. Thirty  years  in  the  law,  and  twenty  years  in  travel. 

The  time  passed  in  Oxford  was  perhaps  the  most  delight- 
ful, because  I  was  attending  the  University,  and  had  with  me 
as  classmates  my  wife,  who  was  a  graduate  of  Ohio  Wesleyan 
College,  and  my  daughter,  who  had  been  graduated  from  Bryn 
Mawr  College,  in  1905,  and  who  had  been  with  me  since  that 
time,  pursuing  her  musical  work  in  the  aforementioned 
cities  up  to  1912,  when  she  became  Mrs.  Bellamy. 

The  days  spent  in  Norway  and  Sweden  were  delightful. 
The  time  on  the  Nile  and  in  Egypt  was  so  novel  that  I  would 
gladly  pass  it  again ;  while  the  trip  through  the  Holy  Land 
made  more  sacred  the  spots  visited  by  our  Savior.  The  visit 
to  India  and  seeing  its  hordes  of  the  poor,  rejoiced  me  to  leave 
it.  But  the  visit  to  Japan  refreshed  us,  because  of  the  uni- 
versal, kindly,  attributes  of  its  people;  and  the  travel  and  a 
somewhat  prolonged  stay  in  Russia  impressed  me  with  the 
natural  wealth  of  that  now  impoverished  land.  . 


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I  have  accomplished  nothing  since  I  retired  worthy  of  pub- 
lic notice.  In  closing'  I  wish  only  to  make  mention  of  some- 
thing of  rather  painful  interest  to  me,  and  it  is  this.  In  Feb- 
ruary, 1906,  I  had  a  stroke  of  paralysis  which  has  partially  in- 
capacitated me  from  active  life,  and  this  will  account  for  my 
absence  from  Ann  Arbor  at  the  times  of  our  class  reunions. 
I  am  not  so  enfeebled  that  I  cannot  and  do  not  send  my  love 
to  each  and  every  member  of  the  Class  of  '70  now  living. 

Your  Classmate, 

OWEN  E.  LE  FEVRE. 

The  Denver  Post  of  March  28,  1921,  contained  the  follow- 
ing: 

Colorado  and  the  west  are  poorer  today,  because,  through 
the  death  of  Owen  E.  Le  Fevre,  which  occurred  at  his  home, 
1311  York  street,  at  4  o'clock  Monday  morning,  a  splendid 
imagination,  unwavering  and  undaunted  courage  as  applied 
to  Colorado,  are  no  more. 

Born  in  the  town  of  Little  York,  Ohio,  Aug.  6,  1848,  Owen 
E.  Le  Fevre  was  one  of  the  young  easterners  who  came  west 
with  the  determination  of  making  it  richer  and  better  for  his 
coming,  and  through  persistent  effort  that  hope  was  fulfilled 
through  great  mining  and  agricultural  efforts,  in  his  profes- 
sion of  the  law,  as  public  official  and  in  the  cultural  movements 
of  the  community. 

As  a  pupil  in  the  district  schools  of  Ohio  and  later  in  the 
preparatory  department  of  Antioch  college,  Owen  E.  Le  Fevre 
glimpsed  the  vision  of  what  an  American  citizen  should  be. 

For  three  years  he  had  watched  the  struggle  between  north 
and  south  and,  although  but  16  years  old,  he  made  up  his  mind 
to  have  a  hand  in  settling  the  great  issue  involving  the  integ- 


126  CLASS  OF  'TO,  UNIVKKSITY  OF  MICHIGAN 

rity  of  the  union.  Leaving  his  classroom,  he  en  listed  with  the 
154th  Ohio  volunteers  and  shared  their  fortunes  until  muster- 
ed out  of  the  service. 

Returning  home,  he  completed  preparations  for  the  Univer- 
sity of  Michigan,  arfd  entering  the  junior  class  of  that  institu- 
tion he  graduated  with  honors  in  June,  1870. 

Like  many  another  of  America's  distinguished  lawyers 
Owen  E.  Le  Fevre  taught  school  to  pay  his  living  expenses 
while  studying  law  and  his  first  associations  in  this  profes- 
sion were  John  A.  McMahon  and  George  W.  Houck  of  Day- 
ton. 

But  the  west — the  real  west — called  to  the  young  patriot 
and,  having  married  Miss  Eva  French  on  the  day  she  grad- 
uated from  the  Weslyan  university,  he  began  his  journey  west- 
ward, with  his  lovely  bride,  toward  opportunity  for  construc- 
tive service  and  fortune. 

In  June,  1873,  the  Owen  E.  Le  Fevre  arrived  in  Denver  and 
selected  the  Highlands  as  the  scene  of  their  home.  Almost 
immediately  the  community  realized  the  presence  of  a  vitaliz- 
ing force,  not  alone  through  the  energetic  mentality  of  Mr. 
Le  Fevre  but  in  the  sincere  culture  and  forward  looking  quali- 
ties of  his  wife. 

The  Le  Fevre's  home,  remote  as  it  seemed  from  the  city's 
activities,  became  a  center  of  a  charming  social  and  intellect- 
ual life,  and  there  many  of  the  plans,  which  later  matured  into 
beauty  spots  for  Denver  and  into  organizations  whereby  a 
community's  humaneness  is  reckoned,  were  evolved. 

As  a  native  of  Ohio,  Owen  E.  Le  Fevre  admitted  that  he 
must  take  an  interest  in  politics,  and  so,  in  1875,  he  became 
attorney  for  the  Highlands  and  was  re-elected  in  1876.  In 
1885  he  became  mayor  of  the  suburban  community,  then  not 
an  integral  part  of  Denver.  Having  moved  into  "the  city" 


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by  1892,  he  was  elected  judge  of  the  county  court  on  the  Re- 
publican ticket  at  a  time  when  Populists  were  carrying  every- 
thing before  them.  In  1804,  at  the  expiration  of  his  term  as 
county  judge,  he  was  elected  to  the  district  court. 

But  the  part  which  Owen  E.  Le  Fevre  played  in  the  de- 
velopment of  Colorado's  resources  proved  the  imagination  and 
vision  of  the  man. 

The  fortune  left  by  Owen  E.  Le  Fevre  came  from  the  earth. 
With  his  friend,  the  late  A.  E.  Reynolds,  and  Henry  Wolcott, 
he  went  into  Creede  and  risked  a  fortune  in  the  New  York 
Chance  mine,  which,  through  its  flood  of  silver,  repaid  his 
faith  a  thousand  fold. 

Having  accumulated  a  competence  upon  which  he  might 
have  retired,  Mr.  Le  Fevre  wanted  to  demonstrate  the  arid 
land  of  Colorado  might  be  made  to  produce  crops,  and  to  this 
end  he  purchased  land  east  of  Denver,  invested  in  machinery 
and,  by  a  system  of  deep  tillage,  proved  his  contention  and 
achieved  one  of  the  splendid  show  farms  of  the  state. 

But  Owen  E.  Le  Fevre  was  wise  enough  to  realize  that 
man  must  play  as  well  as  work,  and  so  with  his  wife  and 
daughter,  Frederika,  now  Mrs.  Harry  E.  Bellamy,  he  went 
on  far  journeys,  which  took  him  into  all  civilized  countries 
where  a  sure  art  sense  and  deep  appreciation  for  literature 
enabled  him  to  become  the  possessor  of  art  objects  and  books 
unequaled  in  this  section  of  the  country. 

Perhaps  Owen  E.  Le  Fevre  was  the  interesting  man  he  was 
to  his  hosts  of  friends  and  even  to  casual  acquaintances  be- 
cause he  was  so  deeply  'interested  in  all  that  pertained  to  life 
and  living.  He  was  interested  in  music,  in  painting,  in  writ- 
ing, in  public  speaking,  in  young  men  who  wanted  to  get  on 
in  the  world  and  were  faced  with  the  same  stark  problems  of 
existence  that  he  had  faced,  in  the  theater  and  to  the  splendid 


128  CLASS  OF  'TO,  UMVKKSITY  OF  MICHIGAN 

war  service  rendered  by  Mrs.  Le  Fevre  and  Mrs.  Bellamy,  he 
gave  unstinted  sympathy  and  endorsement. 

In  the  early  days,  when  Denver's  social  life  was  crystaliz- 
ing  in  clubs,  Owen  E.  Le  Fevre  was  an  active  force  in  creat- 
ing the  Denver  and  Country  clubs  and  was  one  of  the  pic- 
turesque figures  in  the  gentlemen's  driving  club.  For  several 
years  Mr.  Le  Fevre's  health  had  been  failing  and  his  death 
was  the  culmination  of  many  months  of  suffering. 

Surviving  this  estimable  citizen  are  his  widow,  Mrs.  Eva 
French  Le  Fevre ;  his  daughter,  Mrs.  Bellamy,  a  ranking  per- 
sonality in  all  art  movements,  and  a  granddaughter. 

Funeral  services  will  be  held  Wednesday  afternoon  at  St. 
John's  cathedral. 

Our  classmate,  C.  M.  Boss,  was  in  Denver  on  the  day  of 
Le  Fevre's  funeral,  but  he  was  not  aware  of  our  great  loss 
until  sometime  later. 


VINCENT  SMITH  LOVELL,  A.  M. 

Born  at  Elgin,  111.,  May  2,  1845.— Died  at  Scranton,  Pa.,  Dec. 

7,  1892. 

• 

Class  Letter. 

Elgin,  III.,  April  16,  1877. 

My  Dear  Boys: 

Bush,  who  is  now  practicing  law  in  Chicago,  came  out  to 
spend  Sunday  with  me  so  that  we  might  read  over  the  Class 
letter,  which  came  a  few  days  before,  together;  and  we  had  a 
grand  good  time  doing  it,  and  recalling  old  faces  and  associ- 
ations. 

Bush  will  deliver  the  packet  to  Maltman  and  Jones,  who 


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are  both  in  Chicago,  after  whom  will  come  Mickle,  and  then 
Aloses,  who  is  now  professor  of  history  in  the  University  of 
California,  Berkeley,  Cal.  The  only  ones  who  will  then  have 
failed  to  report  will  be  Boss,  Finley,  Foster  and  Ketchum, 
none  of  whose  addresses  I  know. 

The  bundle  is  getting  so  bulky  that  I  will  only  add  as  briefly 
as  possible  my  biographical  contribution : 

A  few  weeks  after  graduation  in  1870,  I  went  to  Albany,  N. 
Y.,  where  I  remained  two  years  with  the  Albany  Argus,  one 
of  the  oldest  newspapers  in  the  state,  first  year  as  night  editor, 
and  second  year  as  managing  editor.  My  health  giving  out  I 
returned  home  in  the  summer  of  1872,  and  remained  for  about 
a  year,  when  Fleming  and  I  met  at  '70's  reunion  at  Commence- 
ment '73,  and  thence  started  for  Europe  together.  We  were 
chums  for  about  a  year  together  in  the  old  country,  seeing 
something  in  the  meantime  of  Scotland,  England,  Belgium, 
Germany  and  France,  Italy  and  Austria,  and  of  course  en- 
joying ourselves  immensely.  Our  companion  in  arms  in  Paris 
for  about  two  months  was  Darrow  of  '70.  In  the  summer  of 
1874,  I  left  him  at  Leipzig,  along  with  Dawson  of  '70,  Walters 
of  '68,  and  other  fellows,  and  returned  to  Elgin.  Soon  after 
began  work  as  associate  editor  of  Chicago  Evening  Post,  in 
which  I  was  and  still  am  a  shareholder  and  remained  till  sum- 
mer of  1876,  when  I  again  went  to  Europe,  and  was  married 
in  August,  1876,  at  Hamburg,  near  the  Rhine,  in  Germany,  to 
Eliza  A.  Hadwen,  an  English  girl,  whose  acquaintance  I  had 
made  three  years  before  in  Rome.  We  took  a  tour  through 
the  Black  Forest  and  Tyrol,  and  came  to  America  last  autumn 
in  season  to  see  something  of  the  exposition  in_  its  closing 
days.  Am  for  the  present  at  my  old  home  in  Elgin,  111.,  where 
letters  would  always  reach  me,  and  where  '70  is  of  course 
alwavs  welcome. 


130  CLASS  OF  '70,  UNIVERSITY  OF  MICHIGAN 

There  are  about  30  more  boys  to  write,  and  we  ought  to  get 
the  letter  around  surely  by  '78,  and  have  it  at  the  reunion. 

Yours  always, 

V.  S.  LOVELL. 

JOHN  SCOTT  MALTMAN,  B.  S.,  LL.  B. 

Born  in  Glasgow,  Scotland  in  1843.     Address  No.  123  South 
Broadway,  Los  Angeles,  Cal. 

Steamship  Bombay,  February  23,  1906. 
Dear  Classmate : 

I  desire  to  report  myself  in  the  land  of  the  living.  Am  now 
on  my  way  westerly  to  America,  where  I  hope  to  arrive  about 
January,  1907.  Left  New  York  for  a  trip  around  the  world 
by  the  easterly  route,  August,  1904;  got  as  far  as  Egypt  only 
February,  1905 ;  wishing  to  visit  Japan,  and  the  Russian  fleet 
being  just  ahead  of  me  I  changed  my  plans,  taking  the  west- 
erly route,  arriving  in  America  after  an  absence  of  one  year. 
Stopped  a  few  days  at  Los  Angeles  before  resuming  my  jour- 
ney and  learned  the  sad  news  of  the  deaths  of  Wells  and 
Jones.  This  was  indeed  sad  news.  I  missed  them  very  much 
as  we  had  been  in  the  habit  of  meeting  each  other  daily  when 
they  lived  in  Los  Angeles.  Have  been  traveling  via  Honolulu 
Japan,  China,  Singapore,  Penang,  Ceylon  and  India,  making 
extensive  detours  in  the  latter  country,  crossing  from  Calcutta 
to  Bombay  my  last  stopping  place.  Will  next  visit  Egypt 
again  and  the  Nile,  then  Palestine,  Greece,  Constantinople  and 
Italy  again,  Switzerland,  France  again,  also  the  British  lies 
again.  Last  year  I  took  in  Tangiers,  Gibralter  and  much  of 
Spain.  I  go  by  easy  stages  and  hope  to  arrive  in  America 
about  January  next,  as  I  said  before.  Traveling  agrees  with 
me.  To  see  new  places  and  new  people  is  a  constant  pleasure. 


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I  feel  quite  at  home  now  on  board  an  ocean  liner,  and  don't 
see  how  I  can  ever  rest  in  one  place  any  more  ;  surely  not  as 
long  as  I  have  the  health  and  strength  to  endure  its  fatigues 
of  travel.  I  have  often  regretted  my  absence  from  the  St. 
Louis  Class  reunion  in  1904.  I  was  in  Northern  Canada  then. 
Arrived  in  St.  Louis  one  week  late.  Stayed  two  days  but 
suffered  so  with  the  heat  I  did  not  see  anyone  I  knew.  A 
month  later  I  returned  and  stayed  until  it  was  time  to  sail 
from  New  York.  About  this  time  I  called  on  Dawson  and 
Whitman  in  Chicago,  and  had  a  letter  from  Day.  All  were 
well  and  prospering.  Of  course  it  would  be  great  pleasure 
to  hear  from  you.  I  hesitate  to  ask  this  favor  knowing,  as  I 
do,  that  much  time  has  been  given  by  you  to  Classmates  in 
such  matters.  I  trust  good  fortune  has  favored  you.  I  surely 
'wish  you  success  and  happiness  in  all  your  undertakings. 
Should  you  favor  me  with  a  few  lines  please  address  me  at 
Jerusalem,  Palestine  care  Thomas  Cook  &  Son.  That  com- 
pany has  offices  along  the  main  traveled  routes  and  are  al- 
ways ready  to  receive  and  forward  mail  to  travelers. 
Most  cordially  and  sincerely  your  old  Classmate, 

J.  S.  MALTMAN. 

London,  England,  June  IT,  1910. 
My  dear  Carter: 

Accept,  please,  my  heartfelt  greetings  for  yourself  and  my 
dear  old  classmates.  Though  far  away  in  Old  England.  I 
will  be  with  you  in  spirit  on  June  29th  at  the  Ann  Arbor  re- 
union. 

Your  circular  letter  was  received ;  and  what  do  I  read  there? 
That  all  the  boys,  except  one,  are  passed  the  age  of  sixty 
years.  This  seems  impossible.  To  me  they  are  the  same  as 
of  yore,  without  a  gray  hair  or  wrinkle. 


132  CLASS  OF  '70,  UNIVERSITY  OF  MICHIGAN 

Am  one  of  the  oldest  of  the  class  and  very,  very  far  below 
the  age  of  sixty.  If  proof  were  needed  you  should  have  heard 
me  sing  a  college  song  just  now. 

The  cause  of  this  was  a  pretty  girl,  ten  years  of  age,  who 
sat  at  my  side,  and  among  other  prattle,  said  she  was  really 
a  very  pretty  girl.  Whereupon  I  struck  up  the  old  college 
song: 

"The  prettiest  girl  that  e'er  I  saw, 

The  prettiest  girl  that  e'er  I  saw, 

The  prettiest  girl  that  e'er  I  saw, 

Was  sucking  cider  through  a  straw. 

You  recall  the  other  verses;  the  last  being: 

And  when  at  length  the  straw  did  slip. 
And  when  at  length  the  straw  did  slip. 
And  when  at  length  the  straw  did  slip, 
I  sucked  the  cider  from  her  lips." 

She  said  "that  was  a  very  nasty  thing  to  do,"  and  on  my 
adding  a  verse  of 

"Saw  a  freshman's  leg  off — Short,"  said  "College  men  were 
very  cruel  men."  My  laugh  at  her  remarks  were  taken  as  an 
affront,  leaving  the  room  shouted  back,  "You  better  come 
down  off  your  perch."  You  can  see  no  sixty  years  in  that 
but  rather  a  girl  and  boy  about  the  same  age.  Thus  college 
songs  and  college  memories  help  to  keep  us  young. 

If  you  ask  how  I  am  and  how  the  world  uses  me,  I  answer, 
good  luck  and  good  fortune  is  my  lot.  Years  ago  all  business 
cares  and  worries  were  at  an  end,  and  I  began  traveling  over 
the  earth  ;  going  wherever  I  pleased,  enjoying  the  best  the 
world  had  to  offer.  Am  contented  and  happy.  What  more 
can  mortal  ask?  With  cares  gone,  the  dreams  and  ideals 
inspired  by  University  studies  and  college  men  came  back  to 


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life  again.  I  have  to  thank  my  stars  that  my  lot  has  been 
cast  with  those  splendid  fellows  who  comprised  the  glorious 
class  of  'TO.  Our  studies  at  Ann  Arbor  helped  to  make  the 
earth  and  sky  an  open  book.  Thus,  the  other  night,  alone,  I 
stood  on  the  house  top  gazing  at  Halley's  Comet  and  rever- 
ently said,  "Blessed  be  the  name  of  the  Lord,"  and  almost  in 
the  same  breath  added,  "and  blessed  be  the  name  of  'Old 
Toughy'  and  his  conic  sections,"  for  I  recalled  our  class 
in  Toughy's  room,  and  a  comet's  path  chalked  out  on  the 
blackboard. 

Mind  you,  these  old  nicknames  are  mentioned  here  with 
kindly  reverence.  On  scanning  the  Heavens  "Tubby  -Wat- 
son" and  our  old  class  in  the  chapel  are  recalled.  Wherever 
rocks  and  fossils  are  tossed  up,  or  polyps  and  starfish  seen  on 
the  seashores  Winchell's  able  lectures  are  brought  to  mind, 
even  the  conundrum  whether  or  no  there  were  worms  in  the 
Potsdam  period.  Prof.  Wood  stimulated  observation  in  en- 
gineering. Punky  Williams'  problems  in  physics.  Madamoi- 
selle  Spence  the  French  language.  Latin  was  brushed  up 
that  we  might  wrestle  with  Latin  inscriptions  on  numerous 
monuments,  and  French,  German  and  Spanish  for  use  in  coun- 
tries where  spoken,  not  forgetting  the  pious  exhortations  on 
Sunday  afternoons  and  the  bright  spiritual  countenance  of 
Doctor  Haven.  Before  chaucer's  tomb  in  Westminster  Abbey 
memories  of  Prof.  Tyler  are  recalled  and  our  class  in  the  old 
chapel  scanning  the  lines  of  Chaucer's  Legend  of  Good 
Women — 

"A  thousent  sythis  have  I  heard  men  telle 

That  there  is  joye  in  hevene,  and  peyne  in  helle, 

And  I  accorde  wel  that  it  be  so; 

But  natheles,  this  wit  I  wel  also, 

That  there  ne  is  non  that  dwellyth  in  this  cuntre 

That  eythir  hath  in  helle  or  hevene  ibe," 


134  CLASS  OF  'TO,  UNIVERSITY  OF  MICHIGAN 

and  thus  every  day  is  full  of  entertainment  wheresoever  the 
Fates  lead  me. 

On  the  day  of  the  reunion,  the  29th,  I  will  visit  Cambridge 
and  Oxford,  walking  on  the  ground  where  Chaucer  walked, 
viewing  the  libraries,  the  Manuscript  Plato,  the  Manuscript 
Virgil,  the  cartoons  of  Raphael  and  Michael  Angelo,  and  will 
expect  to  feel  the  condensed  magnetism  of  University  life 
and  an  atmosphere  redolent  with  lofty  ideals  and  memories  of 
Great  Britain's  great  men.  On  that  day  I  will  recall  with  af- 
fection our  beloved  class  and  Alma  Mater,  wishing  each  class- 
mate and  his  family  long  life,  prosperity  and  happiness. 

Ever  sincerely  yours, 

JOHN  S.  MALTMAN. 

His  son,  John,  graduated  in  1910  at  Santa  Clara  College, 
California,  and  took  a  post  graduate  course  at  Berkeley  with 
law  as  a  probability. 

Los  Angeles,  June,  1920. 

My  Dear  Carter : 

Please  accept  my  grateful  thanks  for  your  kind  letter  and 
notice,  touching  our  Class  reunion  set  for  the  23  of  the  present 
month.  I  am  keenly  disappointed  at  not  being  able  to  meet 
my  ever  beloved  Classmates  on  that  occasion.  It  would  be 
unwise  for  me  to  risk  the  fatigue  of  the  journey  and  excite- 
ment of  those  three  or  four  precious  gala  days  at  Ann  Arbor. 
Such  is  the  judgment  of  my  friends  here,  and  I  must  obey. 

Our  Centennial  Reunion  will  soon  be  here,  A.  D.  1970, 
when  we  all  can  meet  together  again.  Put  me  down  for  that 
reunion.  Surely  I'll  be  there,  whether  it  be  in  Paradise — or — 
or — in — never  mind,  I'll  be  there. 

Swearing  anew,  fealty,  and  love  for  our  Glorious  Class  and 
Classmates,  I  remain  as  ever, 

JOHN  S.  MALTMAN. 


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Los  Angeles,  Cal.,  Nov.  29,  1920. 

My  Dear  Mr.  Carter: 

Both  copies  of  your  circular  calling"  for  "copy"  also  your 
kind  letter  of  recent  date  have-  been  received,  also  a  photo- 
graph of  the  reunion  attendants  at  Ann  Arbor  in  June  last, 
for  all  of  which  I  thank  you  most  sincerely. 

Sometime  ago,  I  began  to  write  in  compliance  with  your 
call,  when  my  doctor  advised  that  I  abandon  the  effort  and 
quit  thinking  about  it.  Health  conditions  was  the  cause.  I 
had  been  very  much  shaken  up  with  the  "flu" ;  not  expected 
to  live.  I  am  doing  fine  now,  but  not  well  enough  to  have 
the  ban  removed. 

Please  let  me  know  how  much  time,  if  any,  remains  before 
you  go  to  press ;  I  may  yet  be  permitted  to  write  a  few  lines. 

I  will  greatly  value  a  list  of  the  names  of  those  shown  in 
said  photo;  the  surnames  of  classmates  if  you  please.  I  have 
already  numbered  each  gent  1  to  16  and  the  ladies  17,  18,  19,  20, 
commencing  at  the  left.  Dawson  is  the  only  one  recognized, 
No.  4. 

Ever  Sincerely  Yours, 

J.  S.  MALTMAN. 

MILO  ELIJAH  MARSH,  B.  S.,  LL.  B. 

Born  in  Town  of  Brighton,  Livingston  Co.,  Mich.,  Nov.  16, 
1847.— Died  at  Benton  Harbor,  Mich.,  Feb.  5,  1916. 

Class  Letter. 

Port  Huron,  April  13,   1876. 
Dear  Old  Classmates: 

The  long  looked  for  Class  letter  reached  me  the  other  day 
and  when  I  took  it  out  of  the  office  my  first  thought  was  that 
I  had  got  all  the  deeds  and  abstracts  of  some  great  real  estate 


13G  CLASS  OF  'TO,  UNIVERSITY  OF  MICHIGAN 

case,  but  how  great  my  joy  when  I  perceived  it  was  our  Class 
letter.  It  took  me  some  time  to  read  them  all  through,  but 
it  did  me  good  to  hear  from  so  many  of  the  boys  at  once. 
First  then  as  to  my  history:  The  summer  after  graduation 
I  went  to  Kansas  on  a  visit ;  in  the  fall  bought  a  horse  and 
buggy  and  returned  overland  to  A.  A. ;  passed  the  next  two 
years  in  the  law  department ;  was  admitted  to  practice  spring 
of  1872.  Came  to  Port  Huron  in  September  of  that  year. 
Was  married  to  Miss  Ida  J.  Whitney  of  Ann  Arbor,  Dec.  20, 
1871,  and  have  two  daughters. 

Yours  in  '70, 

MILO  E.  MARSH. 

Mr.  Marsh  continued  his  editorial  work  and  journalism  as 
legislative  correspondent  for  several  Dailies  until  the  fall  of 
1914,  when  due  to  ill  health,  he  was  compelled  to  retire  from 
active  business.  While  on  a  visit  to  his  niece  in  Benton  Har- 
bor, he  was  stricken  with  pneumonia,  and  after  two  weeks' 
illness,  died  in  Benton  Harbor,  Feb.  5,  1916,  and  was  buried 
in  Oak  Grove  Cemetery,  Milford,  Mich. 

He  never  took  any  interest  in  sports  of  any  kind  but  did 
enjoy  a  game  of  chess  or  checkers,  also  devoted  much  time 
to  landscape  gardening. 

He  is  survived  by  three  daughters,  Myrtie  Amont,  who 
married  Willis  Lee  Smith,  an  auditor,  whose  address  is  1006 
Carmel  Ave.,  Detroit,  Mich. ;  Meirabell  Lowell,  who  married 
William  Austin  Harrington,  a  lawyer  at  Gaylord,  Mich. : 
Blanche  Winnifred,  who  married  Charles  W.  Harrington, 
stock-room  foreman  of  the  Cadillac  Motor  Car  Co.,  address 
329  West  Grand  Blvd.,  Detroit.  Four  grandchildren  survive 
our  classmate.  The  widow  of  our  classmate  died  at  Ann  Ar- 
bor, January  12,  1921. 


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WILLIAM  FREEMAN  MATTHEWS,  A.  M.,  B.  D. 

Born  in  Bethel,  Vt.,  October  31,  1849.— Died  at  Kansas  City, 
Mo.,  June  5,  1915. 

Class  Letter. 

New  York,  Feb.  7,  1876. 

(Matthews) 

The  Class  letter  comes  to  me  first  this  centennial  year.  It 
is  like  wine  which  improves  with  age.  It  seems  to  have  new 
vigor  since  its  Rip  Van  Winkle  sleep.  May  its  bulk  continue 
to  increase,  and  its  postage  too. 

A  few  words  will  suffice  to  tell  my  history  which  has  been 
neither  striking  nor  eventful. 

Taught  school  at  Grand  Rapids  one  year  after  graduation, 
September  '71,  came  to  New  York  to  attend  Union  Theolog- 
ical Seminary.  Took  the  regular  three  years'  course  there. 
On  graduation  I  took  charge  of  "Hope  Chapel"  a  Mission 
church  connected  with  the  4th  Ave.  Presbyterian  church  (Dr. 
Crosby's).  Have  been  there  ever  since.  "My  field"  is  in  the 
densest  populated  portion  of  the  city.  China  is  nowhere. 
Often  go  into  a  house  and  find  50  or  60 "children. 

I  am  not  married,  though  I  have  married  several  quite  fine 
looking  young  ladies.  Balance  of  letter  illegible. 

WM.  F.  MATTHEWS. 

Mr.  Matthews  was  severely  afflicted  with  neuralgia  during 
the  last  few  years  of  his  life.  The  last  letter  which  came  from 
him  was  dated  at  Whitehall,  Mich.,  June  16,  1010,  in  which 
he  made  inquiries  about  our  reunion  that  month,  but  thought 
it  very  doubtful  about  his  being  able  to  attend.  He  was  with 
us,  however,  for  the  last  time. 


138  CLASS  OF  '70,  UNIVERSITY  OF  MICHIGAN 

A  letter  from  his  widow  after  his  death  dated  at  -'U14  'Wal- 
nut Street,  Kansas  City,  Mo.,  July  8,  1915,  states: 

"He  always  enjoyed  the  Class  reunions.  A  few  months  ago 
he  said  he  thought  he  would  be  able  to  attend  the  June  meet- 
ing. We  knew  he  would  not,  for  he  was  at  that  time  quite 
helpless,  but  we  were  not  expecting  that  he  would  be  taken 
from  us  so  soon.  He  had  had  three  partial  strokes  of  paraly- 
sis and  the  last  one  was  fatal.  He  was  not  conscious  of  much 
suffering  during  the  last  months  of  his  life.  As  he  was  so 
helpless  it  certainly  was  a  blessing  that  he  did  not  realize  his 
condition  to  any  great  extent.  We  miss  him  all  the  more  on 
account  of  his  helplessness,  but  we  feel  that  our  loss  is  his 
gain  and  it  will  not  be  so  very  long  until  we  shall  all  meet 
him.  I  always  enjoyed  hearing  him  tell  of  his  college  days, 
and  now  that  he  is  gone  it  is  a  great  source  of  comfort  to  be 
remembered  by  his  classmates/' 

MICHAEL  ALEXANDER  MEYENDORFF,  C.  E. 

Born  in  Letwenia  Province  in  Russian  Poland,  December  3, 
1849.     Died  at  Portland,  Oregon,  February  7,  1908. 

Class  Letter. 

Washington,  D.  C.,  March  22,  1875. 

Dear  Classmates : 

Believing  that  the  object  of  the  Class  letter  is  to  give  an 
opportunity  to  every  fellow  to  blow  his  own  horn  rather  than 
waste  time  in  apologizing  beforehand,  for  the  egotistical  style 
of  my  letter,  I  shall  at  once  proceed  to  state  all  I  can  about  my 
doings  since  we  parted.  College  days  over,  a  more  stern  life 
began.  Its  pleasures  and  troubles  in  mine  were  many,  yet  in 
the  midst  of  them  I  always  gratefully  remembered  the  kind 
and  considerate  treatment  I  received  from  you,  and  my  college 


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days  indeed  will  always  be  remembered  among"  the  pleasant- 
est  in  my  life.  Some  of  you  will  remember  that  I  left  A.  A. 
about  the  middle  of  April,  1870,  through  the  indulgency  of 
the  faculty  and  kind  assistance  I  received  from  "Dixie"  Noble, 
and  Bird.  I  have  passed  my  examinations  in  two  subjects  in 
which  I  had  not  passed  before  leaving  A.  A.  and  my  diploma 
was  sent  to  me  sh©rtly  after  commencement.  My  first  ex- 
perience as  a  civil  engineer  commenced  on  the  St.  Louis  &  S. 
E.  Ry.  and  I  was  successful  enough  to  secure  positions  for 
three  other  of  our  Classmates,  "Dixie",  Davock  and  Culley. 
The  first  two  and  myself  could  tell  you  some  wonderful  stones 
about  the  long-eared  and  slim-bellied  pigs  and  *  *  *  dried  up 
corn  of  the  Wabash  country  in  Posey  county,  Ind.,  where 
months  were  spent  together.  July  1st,  '71,  my  engagement 
with  that  road  ends  and  with  the  N.  P.  R.  R.  begins.  I,  ac- 
cording to  instructions  of  the  Chief  Engineer  of  the  road  re- 
ported on  duty  in  Montana,  July  21st.  Remained  in  the  em- 
ploy of  that  company  till  November,  '73,  when  work  on  that 
road  was  suspended.  In  the  winter  of  '71,  I  made  a  visit  east. 
Spent  a  few  weeks  at  A.  A.,  a  few  weeks  in  Kentucky  and 
some  two  months  in  New  York  City,  returning  to  Montana  in 
the  spring  of  '72.  When  the  N.  P.  R.  R.  suspended  operations 
I  was  foot  loose  and  having  a  few  hundred  dollars  in  my 
pocket,  thought  to  try  my  luck  at  mining.  About  1st  of  De- 
cember, '73,  I  reached  a  mining  camp  in  Arizona  of  whose 
rich  wonders  I  had  heard.  Invested  in  mines  nearly  every 
cent  I  had.  Four  months'  experience  there  satisfied  my 
wishes  and  I  left  for  California  with  money  just  enough  to 
take  rrie  there.  I  reached  San  Francisco  in  April.  A  few 
days  later  I  was  employed  and  out  surveying  for  the  San  Joa- 
quin  &  King  River  Canal  Co.  Did  not  like  it  and  when  soon 
after  I  received  an  offer  of  a  position  in  Surveyor  General's 


140  CLASS  OF  'TO,  UNIVERSITY  OF  MICHIGAN 

office  in  Montana,  I  accepted  it.  Reached  Helena  in  June,  '73. 
There  I  remained  until  last  September,  doing  well.  There 
were  several  weeks  in  succession  at  different  times  when  I 
was  making  $100  per  week.  On  July  2nd,  '74,  I  met  with  an 
accident,  fracturing  my  hip  bone.  It  paralyzed  my  prospects 
very  much  and  compelled  me  to  return  east  for  medical  treat- 
ment. Recovering  partially,  I  secured  a  position  in  the  De- 
partment of  the  Interior,  where  I  am  now  and  where  I  intend 
to  remain  as  I  am  compelled  to  by  my  fractured  limb. 

Faithfully  Yours, 

M.  A.  MEYENDORFF. 

The  Seattle  Post-Intelligence  of  May  25,  1903,  contained 
the  following  with  reference  to  a  call  on  Meyendorff,  while 
he  was  sick  at  the  Providence  hospital,  by  President  Theodore 
Roosevelt : 

President  Roosevelt  yesterday  appeared  to  the  inmates  of 
Providence  hospital  a  cheerful  visitor  carrying  sunshine  into 
the  camp  of  the  stricken.  The  president  went  to  see  an  old 
friend,  Michael  A.  MeyendorfF,  who  is  a  patient  in  the  hos- 
pital. The  presidential  carriage  and  escort  whirled  out  of  the 
dust  of  Third  avenue  up  to  Fifth,  on  the  return  trip  from  the 
Grand  opera  house  and  halted  in  front  of  the  hospital  building 
a  little  after  noon. 

The  visit  was  a  surprise  to  the  sisters  in  charge.  It  was 
unannounced,  but  the  welcome  to  the  president  was  no  less 
enthusiastic.  Flags  and  bunting  decorations,  spread  out  in 
welcome  of  his  visit  to  the  city  now  received  a  literal  inter- 
pretation of  the  welcome  to  the  building  itself. 

As  President  Roosevelt  and  his  secretary  mounted  the 
stairs,  the  sisters  stood  in  waiting  to  receive  him,  the  sister 


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superior  acting  as  hostess.  President  Roosevelt  at  once  asked 
for  Mr.  MeyendorfT,  and  ascended  in  the  elevator  to  his 
friend's  room. 

President  Roosevelt  learned  of  the  condition  of  Mr.  Meyen- 
dorfT yesterday  morning-  when  the  latter  sent  a  note  to  the 
Washing-ton  hotel  asking  for  the  pleasure  of  an  interview  at 
the  president's  headquarters.  Mr.  MeyendorfT  received  a 
reply  that  he  should  not  stir  as  President  Roosevelt  would 
come  in  person  to  see  him. 

Going  up  to  Mr.  MeyendorfT,  the  president  extended  both 
his  hands  in  the  most  cordial  manner. 

"Awfully  sorry  to  see  you  in  that  condition.  I  wish  you 
would  get  well,"  he  said,  with  lower  jaw  protruding,  and  with 
smiling  face,  speaking  in  quick,  impulsive  manner.  The  two 
had  some  conversation,  in  the  course  of  which  the  president 
went  to  the  window  and  gazed  upon  the  grounds. 

The  street  in  front  of  the  hospital  was  crowded  with  people 
and  numbers  of  them  were  seen  running  in  the  direction  of 
the  waiting  carriage.  The  president  turned  and  remarked 
that  it  would  not  do  to  stay,  as  every  second  he  was  staying  a 
thousand  people  were  gathering. 

Meanwhile  all  the  patients  of  the  hospital  who  were  able  to 
leave  their  beds  had  been  summoned  to  take  a  look  at  the 
president.  He  came  out  and  greeted  them.  One  old  Grand 
Army  man,  Simon  Lundy,  went  up  to  the  president  and  said 
he  was  a  veteran.  President  Roosevelt  shook  his  hand  and 
called  him  comrade,  telling  him  that  he  was  glad  to  meet  him. 

The  rounds  of  the  hospital  were  not  made,  as  time  did  not 
permit  the  president  to  stay  much  longer.  In  all  he  was  there 
about  ten  minutes.  Before  leaving  he  shook  hands  with  each 
sister  and  referred  to  a  coincidence  in  regard  to  the  name  of 
the  hospital. 


142  CLASS  OF  '70,  UNIVERSITY  OF  MICHIGAN 

The  only  hospital  in  which  he  had  ever  been  a  patient  in 
his  life,  the  president  said,  was  also  conducted  by  sisters,  and 
was  called  Providence  hospital.  That  was  in  Indianapolis. 

As  the  president  entered  his  carriage  the  crowd  surged 
closer,  but  there  was  no  cheering,  only  an  appearance  of  sup- 
pressed enthusiasm.  Way  was  made,  the  horses  whipped  up, 
and  the  party  proceeded  to  the  Washington. 

Michael  A.  Meyendorff  has  been  intimately  acquainted  with 
the  president  ever  since  the  days  when  the  latter  was  chair- 
man of  the  civil  service  commission.  Mr.  Meyendorff  holds 
the  office  of  special  agent  for  the  general  land  office  of  the 
interior  department,  and  having  been  long  in  the  government 
service  has  made  the  acquaintance  of  many  prominent  men. 

Mr.  MeyendorfFs  career  has  been  a  picturesque  one  from 
his  early  days.  He  comes  of  a  noble  Polish  family,  and 
would,  if  he  claimed  his  rank  in  his  native  country,  be  termed 
a  baron.  When  he  was  13  years  old  he  entered  the  Polish 
army  as  a  private  in  the  revolution  of  1863,  and  fought  for 
two  months  side  by  side  with  the  older  soldiers.  His  brother 
was  shot  and  his  family  ruined.  Young  Michael  was  given 
the  chance  of  swearing  allegiance  to  Russia  or  going  into  exile. 

But  exile  was  preferable  and  after  imprisonment  in  a  Rus- 
sian fortress  he  was  sent  to  Siberia,  presumably  for  life.  A 
half  brother  of  MeyendorfFs,  Col.  Julian  Allen,  of  the  Amer- 
ican army,  also  a  refugee,  was  serving  on  Gen.  Sherman's 
staff  in  Georgia,  in  the  hottest  days  of  the  Civil  War,  when 
he  first  learned  of  the  boy's  plight.  He  proceeded  to  Wash- 
ington and  laid  the  matter  before  President  Lincoln.  Nego- 
tiations were  opened  through  the  American  ambassador,  and 
upon  the  payment  of  a  certain  sum,  Meyendorff  was  turned 
over  to  the  United  States.  He  came  to  America  in  1866  and 


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became,  as  he  termed  it,  a  ward  of  the  government,  and  en- 
tered the  Class  of  '70  of  the  University  of  Michigan. 

Mr.  Meyendorff  has  talked  of  his  adventuresome  career  often 
with  the  president,  he  said,  and  the  president  has  urged  him 
to  write  of  his  experiences.  Mr.  Meyendorff  came  to  Seattle 
last  December,  and  is  now  a  convalescent  patient  at  Provi- 
dence hospital.  He  seemed  yesterday  to  be  greatly  impressed 
with  the  thoughtfulness  of  the  president  in  sparing  him  a  few 
minutes  of  his  time. 

Los  Angeles,  Cal.,  June  5,  1905. 
My  Dear  Carter: 

It  is  just  my  bad  luck — I  was  sure  some  few  weeks  ago  that 
I  would  have  the  pleasure  to  greet  you  and  the  rest  of  the 
"boys"  at  the  approaching  reunion,  but  my  recent  orders  from 
Washington  decreed  against  it — certain  imperative  work  will 
tie  me  here — and  this  would  have  been  my  first  and  alas,  the 
only  chance.  Soon  we  all  will  be  called  to  meet  in  a  reunion 
beyond  the  grave.  Some  may  linger  many  years,  but  many 
of  us  will  reach  the  limit  within  the  next  ten  years  or  so.  All 
I  hope  for  is  that  St.  Peter  will  appoint  you  as  secretary  at 
the  Golden  Gate  to  keep  the  earthly  past  record  of  the  Class 
of  '70  and  thus  you  may  get  me  with  the  rest  of  the  grand 
class  (should  I  be  detained  elsewhere  when  you  report  for 
duty  to  him)  within  the  gates. 

I  wish  you  all  a  most  joyful  time  at  the  reunion  and  may 
you  all  live  long  and  prosperous  life. 
Your  friend  in  '70, 

MICHAEL  A.  MEYENDORFF. 

Extract  from  letter  of  Hon.  W.  C.  Bristol  of  Portland,  U. 
S.  attorney  for  Oregon  to  Rufus  H.  Thayer,  Washington,  Feb. 
18,  1908. 


144  CLASS  OF  '70,  UNIVERSITY  OF  MICHIGAN 

"Commenting  upwards  of  two  years  ago  at  the  time  of  my 
first  acquaintance  with  him,  he  exhibited  indications  of  having" 
contracted  Bright's  disease.  Others  of  his  friends  and  mvself 
prevailed  upon  him  to  consult  physicians,  which  he  ultimate- 
ly did,  but  failing  to  follow,  in  many  instances,  their  advice, 
the  inroads  which  the  disease  had  already  made  upon  his  sys- 
tem increased  to  so  alarming  an  extent  that  for  the  last  six 
months  he  was  confined  practically  to  his  room.  His  funeral 
was  Monday,  Feb.  10th,  at  1 :30  p.  m.  He  preferred  to  be 
cremated.  Services  were  held  at  St.  Stevens  Episcopal  Chap- 
el, where  he  had  attended  with  zeal,  and  with  the  Rector  of 
which  he  was  upon  terms  of  intimacy.  Leaving  the  Chapel, 
we  brought  the  body  to  the  crematorium,  where  other  services 
were  held,  and  he  was  there  incinerated. 

Everything  was  done  that  could  be  done  to  assist  his  de- 
parture from  this  vale  of  tears  that  was  commensurate  with  his 
brief  career  upon  this  earth  enfeebled  by  sickness  and  bodily 
infirmity  and  surrounded  by  cavil  hatred  and  machinations  of 
his  political  enemies.  *  '*  His  last  days,  by  reason  of 

the  inroads  of  the  disease,  were  fraught  with  pain  and  suffer- 
ing and  for  the  week  prior  to  his  death  he  lay  largely  in  a 
comatose  condition,  unable  to  recognize  any  of  his  friends  or 
to  appreciate  the  happenings  about  him." 

GEORGE  WASHINGTON  MICKLE,  C.  E. 

Born  in  Lancaster,  Penn.,  February  17,  1848. 

Address:     311  Hall  Building,   Kansas  City,  Mo. 

Nothing  has  been  heard  from  Mickle  for  several  years, 
though  letters  and  circulars  have  been  sent  regularly  to  him 
at  his  address  in  Kansas  City,  Mo.  It  is  supposed  that  he  has 
continued  in  the  real  estate  business  there.  Mr.  Schock  re- 


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ported  that  he  called  and  had   a  visit  with   him  on  his  way 
back  home  from  the  June,  1920,  reunion. 

PROFESSOR  BERNARD  MOSES,  Ph.  D.,  LL.  D. 
Born  in  Town  of  Burlington,  Conn.,  August  28,  1846. 

Address:     Paris    (at  last  account). 

The  following  is  taken  from  The  Bulletin  of  San  Francisco, 
dated  December  19,  1914: 

Professor  Bernard  Moses,  after  an  absence  of  nearly  four 
years  in  Paris,  returned  last  week  to  his  State  of  California, 
to  find  'such  radical  changes  to  have  taken  place  politically,  at 
least,  as  to  make  him  feel  like  a  stranger  in  a  strange  land. 

"I  seem  to  know  only  the  ancient,"  said  Professor  Moses 
with  a  gentle  whimsical  smile,  "or  at  most  the  ancient  and 
medieval  history  of  the  State.  The  modern  period  appears 
to  have  begun  recently." 

"California  does  not  loom  on  the  Paris  journalist's  horizon. 
Peaceful  communities  or  commonwealths  excite  only  limited 
interest  in  the  minds  of  Europeans,  particularly  if  they  do  not 
lie  as  impediments  on  their  highway  to  conquest  and  military 
glory.  Military  topics,  during  the  last  decades,  have  over- 
whelmed considerations  of  peace.  The  European  has  been 
thinking  of  late  in  terms  of  war.  He  has  almost  forgotten  the 
vocabulary  of  peace.  The  peaceful  occupations  of  California 
signify  nothing  to  him,  except  as  a  means  of  feeding  armies 
and  keeping  the  destitute  from  starvation.  Only  the  events 
of  our  recent  war  with  Mexico,  which  was  not  a  war,  but 
simply  the  invasion  of  the  territory  of  a  neighboring  sover- 
eign state,  find  space  in  the  columns  of  European  newspapers. 
The  world's  present  calamity  is  the  result  of  persistent  think- 


141)  CLASS  OF  '70,  UNIVERSITY  OF  MICHIGAN 

ing  in  terms  of  war.  The  perverse  spirits  who  persist  in 
thinking  or  writing  about  war  with  Japan  on  the  occasion  of 
every  slightest  disagreement  between  that  nation  and  the 
United  States,  may  ultimately  produce  European  relations  on 

is  side  of  the  world.  The  best  way  for  nations  to  avoid 
(war  is  to  think  about  peace.  As  a  nation  thinketh,  so  it  is." 

Few  men  in  this  country  are  better  qualified  to  talk  on  all 
that  pertains  to  p'ovcrnment  than  Professor  Moses.  For  close 
on  to  forty  years  he  held  the  chair  of  Political  Science  and 
History  in  the  University  of  California.  As  one  of  the  not- 
able commission,  when  the  Philippines  became  a  United 
States'  possession,  he  was  sent  to  establish  there  a  civil  gov- 
ernment, with  Judge  \Y.  H.  Taft,  who  was  to  become  Presi- 
dent of  the  United  States,  as  chairman  of  the  commission. 
Between  the  years  of  1906  and  1910  he  was  sent  to  South 
America  on  affairs  of  State — as  Minister  Plenipotentiary,  as 
member  of  the  Pan-American  Scientific  Congress,  Santiago 
de  Chile,  and  as  delegate  of  the  International  Conference  of 
American  States  at  Buenos  Ayres.  In  between  he  found  time 
to  contribute  scientific  articles  to  the  leading  magazines,  and 
to  write  such  notable  treatises  as  "Federal  Government  in 
Switzerland,"  "Democracy  and  Social  Growth  in  America," 
"The  Establishment  of  Spanish  Rule  in  America,"  "The  Rail- 
way Revolution  in  Mexico,"  "The  Establishment  of  Municipal 
Government  in  San  Francisco,"  "South  America  on  the  Eve 
of  Emancipation,"  "The  Government  of  the  United  States." 
In  his  four  years'  sojourn  abroad  he  has  just  completed  his 
greatest  and  latest  work,  "The  Spanish  Dependencies  in  South 
America." 

Although  the  snows  of  many  years  have  descended  upon 
him,  and  honorably  retired  from  the  university  as  Professor 
Emeritus,  instead  of  finding  him  amidst  ease  and  leisure  to 


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<j 

which   his   long  years  of  active   service   would   entitle  him,   I   / 
found  him  at  the  Faculty  Club  in  Berkeley,  in  his  study,  as    , 
deeply   immersed   in    work   as   the    most   enthusiastic    of    the    \ 
younger  faculty.     The  huge  round  center  table  was  piled  with 
Spanish    volumes    which    had    just    been    unpacked.     He    was 
plunged   in   manuscripts   at   his    writing  desk,   seated   against 
a  tall  panelled   French  window    overlooking    a    gnarled    and 
noble  old  oak,  which   in  the  soft  light  of  a  late  rainy  after- 
noon, made  a  beautiful,   harmonious  background   to  a  noble 
figure,  the  intellectual  face  which  the  weight    of    years    had 
chiseled  only  the   more  strongly,  and  with  a   mass  of  silken 
silvery  hair  tumbling  a  bit  riotously  over  a  firm  white  fore- 
head, and  into  eyes  deep  set,  gentle,  kindly  and  contemplative. 

Professor  Moses  shrank  visibly  from  publicity,  and  especial- 
ly from  the  hurried,  unprepared  newspaper  interview,  which, 
through  the  very  rush  in  which  it  must  be  got  out,  of  neces- 
sity precludes  that  scientific  accuracy  of  the  more  leisurely 
prepared  statement. 

"All  my  life,"  said  Professor  Moses,  "has  been  devoted  to 
acquiring  accuracy.  The  least  inaccuracy  in  quoting  me  in- 
flicts an  injury  exactly  like  a  physical  wound  respecting  the 
tendency  of  public  affairs  in  California  is  embarrassing.  Know- 
ing little  about  the  happenings  in  California  during  my  years 
of  absence,  of  course,  I  was  naturally  more  or  less  shocked  on 
arriving  in  New  York  City  to  hear  persons  speaking  about 
California  as  being  even  more  radical  than  populist  Oklahoma. 
Their  notion  seemed  to  be  that  in  attempting  to  bring  about  a 
larger  measure  of  equality  California  was  preparing  to  be 
ruled  by  an  aristocracy,  or  an  oligarchy  of  commissions. 

"We  must  not  mistake  popular  government  for  representa- 
tive government.  The  makers  of  the  government  of  the  Unit- 
ed States  had  the  reasonable  idea  of  constructing  a  govern- 


148  CLASS  OF  '70,  UNIVERSITY  OF  MICHIGAN 

ment  in  which  the  laws  should  be  made  by  intelligent  persons 
selected  for  that  purpose  by  their  fellow  citizens.  In  depart- 
ing from  that  plan,  we  run  the  risk  of  substituting  the  com- 
mission government  for  a  representative  government.  The 
evils  of  such  a  change  will  not  be  manifest  at  first.  It  will 
only  make  its  appearance  if  the  commission  should  be  appoint- 
ed by  some  power  not  the  people.  Then  it  will  develop  its 
real  bureaucratic  character. 

''Popular  government  may  defeat  itself  like  a  machine  in 
which  the  friction  counteracts  all  the  power  that  is  applied 
to  it.  Whenever  the  machinery  of  government  becomes 
cumbersome,  or  difficult  to  operate,  by  reason  of  elaborate  and 
roundabout  methods,  and  the  unwieldy  multitude  of  persons 
involved  in  its  activity ;  by  doubling  the  number  of  voters,  as 
with  woman's  suffrage,  without  raising  the  average  political 
intelligence,  and  by  frequent  appeals  to  the  whole  body  of  the 
people  for  the  decision  of  important  and  far-reaching  ques- 
tions, as  in  this  last  election,  where  you  sa^  the  people  were 
expected  to  vote  on  some  forty-eight  propositins,  couched  in 
involved  and  highly  legal  terms,  and  any  one  of  which  was  a 
task  for  a  specialist,  the  social  friction  of  the  government  has 
reached  a  point  where  in  the  course  of  time  a  modification  of 
the  method  of  operating  will  be  found  to  be  necessary. 

"An  early  step  in  this  modification  will  be  a  decline  in  the 
estimate  of  the  significance  or  importance  of  the  popular  vote. 
Already,  not  only  here,  but  also  in  other  parts  of  the  Republic, 
there  is  manifest  a  desire  to  remove  the  vital  and  practical  op- 
erations of  government  farther  than  ever  before  from  the  great 
body  of  the  citizens.  This  is  illustrated  not  only  in  commis- 
sion-governed cities,  but  also  in  commission-governed  trans- 
portation and  commission-governed  banks.  You  state  that 
the  Railroad.  Commission  includes  within  its  jurisdiction  all 


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public  utility  corporations  of  gas,  light,  power  and  street  rail- 
ways. 

"This  movement  is  undoubtedly  in  the  line  of  greater  effi- 
ciency, but  it  does  not  lead  towards  that  ideal  democracy, 
which  is  said  to  be  the  end  sought  in  the  social  agitation  of 
the  present.  Even  the  voters  themselves,  in  their  most  ex- 
panded ranks,  help  on  the  movement  towards  oligarchic,  or 
bureaucratic  rule,  particularly  when  they  take  away  from  the 
inhabitants  of  towns  the  right  to  regulate  certain  matters  of 
traffic  within  their  own  borders,  and  confer  it  upon  an  auto- 
cratic commission,  the  members  of  which  may  never  have  seen 
the  town  in  question.  This  is  not  a  strange  phenomenon,  for 
some  of  the  most  grinding  tyrannies  that  ever  oppressed  a 
people  were  set  up  by  popular  vote.  It  is  undoubtedly  true 
that  you  cannot  fool  all  the  people  all  the  time,  but  you  can 
fool  a  sufficient  number  of  them  from  time  to  time,  if  you 
present  for  their  acceptance  or  rejection  a  large  number  of 
laws  or  amendments  to  laws,  complicated,  and  far-reaching 
in  their  effects,  and  written  in  the  involved  and  technical 
language  which  few  persons  besides  the  courts  have  the  ability 
to  understand  thoroughly." 

"The ^extension  of  the  suffrage,  the  referendum  and  the  re- 
call are  designed  to  maintain  equality — how  otherwise  may  it 
be  maintained?"  he  was  asked. 

"The  equality  you  are  thinking  of,"  replied  Professor  Moses, 
"can  be  maintained,  I  fancy,  only  under  conditions  that  do  not 
admit  of  social  progress.  The  inhabitants  of  some  of  the 
mountain  cantons  of  Switzerland  maintain  a  good  degree  of 
equality.  No  one  can  become  rich.  All  live  as  their  ancestors 
lived.  And  all  have  about  the  same  amounts  of  property  and 
essentially  the  same  occupation.  If  they  had  more  abundant 
opportunities,  some  would  become  richer  than  the  rest,  and 


150  CLASS  OF  '70,  UNIVERSITY  OF  MICHIGAN 

with  their  riches  would  come  different  occupations,  better  op- 
portunities for  education,  and  a  style  of  living  that  the  rest 
could  not  afford.  Social  inequality  is  an  incident  of  progress, 
and  cannot  be  eliminated  from  social  growth. 

"But  equality  before  the  law  is  another  matter.  It  means 
that  the  law  is  administered  to  all  persons  subject  to  it,  with- 
out favor  to  any.  This  cannot  be  secured  by  mechanical  pro- 
cesses. Xo  arrangement  of  offices  or  conditions  of  suffrage, 
or  increased  complication  in  the  machinery  of  government  can 
reach  the  innermost  mind  of  the  judge  or  other  official  who 
exercises  the  final  discretionary  power  in  administration. 

''The  only  remedy  in  this  case  is  a  higher  degree  of  individ- 
ual morality.  If  your  individual  man,  who  is  likely  to  get 
into  office,  and  gets  into  office,  is  morally  rotten,  your  gov- 
ernment will  be  rotten.  The  vital  question  here  is  not  of  more 
complicated  governmental  machinery  or  constitutional  amend- 
ments, but  a  higher  type  of  man.  Mexico  has  an  admirable 
constitution  and  excellent  laws,  but  its  government  is  what 
the  men  of  the  time  make  it,  irrespective  of  the  laws. 

"I  am  hardly  in  position  to  answer  your  question  about  our 
relation  to  Mexico,  for  I  know  only  imperfectly  what  the  gov- 
ernment of  the  United  States  has  done  in  the  long-drawn  out 
crisis.  I  heard  much  in  the  beginning  about  the  necessity  of 
holding  a  proper  election  in  Mexico.  This  seemed  to  me," 
said  Professor  Moses,  with  his  characteristic  whimsical  smile, 
"to  be  a  somewhat  severe  exaction,  in  view  of  the  fact  that 
Mexico  never  had  an  election  which  most  Americans  would 
consider  proper. 

"Looking  from  afar,  there  seemed  to  be  only  two  courses 
which  a  reasonable  government  standing  for  the  United  States 
could  afford  to  take.  These  were  either  to  recognize  Huerta 
or  to  send  an  army  of  about  three  hundred  thousand  men 


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over  the  border  and  take  possession  of  the  country.  The 
second  of  these  could  have  been  wisely  contemplated  only  as 
a  last  resort,  only  in  case  Huerta,  as  the  recognized  president, 
failed  to  preserve  order  and  protect  the  rights  of  foreigners 
in  the  republic. 

"It  is  quite  probable  there  would  have  been  no  need  to  re- 
sort to  the  second  alternative.  Even  if  a  powerful  interven- 
tion had  proved  to  be  necessary,  it  would  have  been  under- 
taken in  such  form  that  the  interests  of  individual  Mexicans, 
as  well  as  of  aliens  in  the  country,  would  have  been  secured, 
and  the  nation  would  have  been  saved  anarchy.  And  at  the 
most  favorable  time  possible,  Mexico  would  have  been 
brought  into  a  position  which  it  is  destined  soonor  or  later  to 
6ccupy. 

"A  hundred  years  ago  Mexico  and  the  United  States  had 
each  about  the  same  number  of  inhabitants.  At  the  present 
time  the  United  States  has  approximately  one  hundred  mil- 
lions, while  Mexico  has  about  seventeen  millions.  If  the  rate 
of  increase  in  the  two  countries  during  the  last  century  is  con- 
tinued during  the  next  hundred  years  Mexico  will  have  about 
thirty  millions  and  the  United  States  about  six  hundred  mil- 
lions. But  the  two  nations  will  not  be  able  to  maintain  the 
isolation  of  the  past. 

"The  more  rapidly  growing  population  of  the  United  States 
will  spill  over  the  border.  True  to  their  traditions  and  the 
practices  of  their  ancestors,  the  Mexican  inhabitants  will  in- 
sist on  excluding  the  peaceful  invaders  from  the  enjoyment 
of  political  rights,  and  through  the  class  that  will  follow  the 
Mexicans,  unless  supported  by  some  other  power,  will  go  to 
the  wall.  The  generation  that  will  witness  this  crisis  may 
have  reason  to  regret  that  their  larger  conflict  was  not  pre- 
vented by  the  absorption  of  the  Mexicans  by  the  United  States 


152  CLASS  OF  '70,  UNIVERSITY  OF  MICHIGAN 

when  that  people  had  no  legitimate  government,  and,  in  a 
state  of  social  chaos,  was  rent  asunder  by  factions  at  war. 

"Why  do  we  blunder  constantly  in  our  dealings  with  Latin- 
America?  That  inquiry  has  a  short  answer  and  a  long  an- 
swer. The  short  answer  is,  because  of  our  profound  ignor- 
ance of  Latin-America,  and  the  strength  of  Spanish  and  Portu- 
guese tradition. 

"The  long  answer  involves  the  contrasted  histories  of  the 
northern  and  southern  halves  of  this  continent.  Mexico's 
special  and  present  infirmity  is  due  to  a  too  extensive  applica- 
tion of  the  Diaz  administration.  Unwilling  to  permit  power 
to  pass  out  of  his  hands,  .Diaz  allowed  a  generation  to  grow 
up  without  any  sense  of  political  responsibility.  When  the 
tyrant  was  removed  the  nation  very  naturally  went  to  pieces. 
We  seem  to  have  entertained  the  childish  notion  that  by  as- 
sisting one  of  the  parties  in  a  revolution  to  victory  we  might 
put  an  end  to  revolutions  in  that  country.  The  triumph  of 
one  party  excites  opposition,  and  this  opposition  has  no  effec- 
tive way  of  expressing  itself,  except  by  a  resort  to  arms. 

"There  are  only  two  rational  courses  that  may  be  pursued 
in  treating  the  Mexicans:  Either  let  them  carry  on  their  in- 
ternal quarrels  without  interference,  or  subject  them  to  a 
discipline  imposed  by  force.  We  have  apparently  followed 
neither  of  these  courses.  Yet  in  connection  with  the  Spanish- 
American  war  it  was  made  clear  that  a  rebellion  in  a  neigh- 
boring country  is  not  necessarily  a  purely  domestic  affair. 

"The  rebellions  and  revolutions  of  Mexico  have  an  inter- 
national quality  in  so  far  as  they  affect  the  rights  and  inter- 
ests of  other  nations.  The  last  word  of  statesmanship  was 
not  uttered  when  Americans  were  ordered  or  advised  to  leave 
Mexico.  They  were  rightly  there,  and  entitled  to  protection 
by  the  Mexican  government,  because  Mexico  was  recognized 


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as  a  civilized  state.  When  it  failed  to  perform  this  duty  of 
state,  other  nations  were  released  from  any  obligation  to  treat 
it  as  a  civilized  state. 

"If  Mexico  had  been  recognized  as  merely  a  collection  of 
savage  tribes,  persons  entering  the  country  for  purposes  of 
business  would  have  done  it  at  their  own  risk,  and  there  would 
have  been  a  sufficient  answer  to  their  complaints  that  leav- 
ing the  country  involved  their  financial  ruin.  But  Mexico, 
assuming  all  the  rights  and  obligations  of  a  civilized  nation, 
presents  an  entirely  different  case.  American  citizens  have 
not  entered  Mexico  armed  and  prepared  to  defend  their  in- 
terests, as  in  a  savage  country.  They  have  entered  under  the 
protection  of  a  government  presumed  to  be  able  to  meet  its 
obligation,  and  when  the  Mexican  government  failed  they 
were  entitled  to  the  immediate  and  sufficient  protection  of 
their  own  government. 

"In  the  failure  of  this  government  to  furnish  the  required 
protection,  American  citizens  have  been  subjected  to  vast 
financial  losses,  and  the  leaders  of  wandering  bands  of  brig- 
ands, knowing  the  United  States  to  be  harmless,  have  ac- 
quired great  importance  in  the  eyes  of  their  followers  by  de- 
fying and  showing  contempt  for  the  American  government." 

Professor  Moses  held  the  chair  of  History  at  Albion  Col- 
lege in  1875,  before  going  to  the  University  of  California.  In 
1919  he  gave  to  the  public  his  work  entitled  "Spain's  Declin- 
ing Power  in  South  America,  1730-1806."  He  has  been  a  con- 
tributor to  leading  magazines. 


154  CLASS  OF  >70,  UNIVERSITY  OF  MICHIGAN 

ALFRED   NOBLE,  C.  E.,  LL.  D. 

Born  at  Livonia,   Wayne  Co.,  Mich.,  August  7,   1844. — Died 
New  York  City,  April  19,  1914. 

Was  born  August  7,  1844,  at  Livonia,  Wayne  Co.,  Michigan, 
where  his  parents,  Charles  and  Lovina  (Douw)  Noble,  resided 
on  a  farm.  His  grandfather,  Norton  Noble,  was  in  the  war 
of  1812  and  his  ancestors  were  in  the  revolutionary  war.  He 
received  his  early  education  at  the  district  school  of  his  native 
place.  He  lived  on  the  farm  until  1862,  when  he  enlisted  for 
the  civil  war  in  the  24th  Mich.  Vol.  Inf.,  and  from  October, 
1862,  to  February,  1865,  he  took  part  in  all  the  battles  of  the 
Army  of  the  Potomac.  Was  mustered  out  of  the  service  in 
June,  1865.  From  July,  '65,  to  September,  '67,  he  held  a  posi- 
tion in  the  \Yar  Department  at  Washington.  Made  his  pre- 
paration for  college  at  the  Union  School,  Plymouth,  Mich., 
and  with  private  instructors  in  Washington.  He  entered  the 
University  of  Michigan  in  '67  as  a  sophomore  in  class  of  '70. 
While  an  undergraduate  he  was  absent  a  year  and  a  half  in 
the  employ  of  the  government  and  kept  up  his  studies  at  the 
same  time,  taking  his  degree  with  the  class.  He  was  a  mem- 
ber of  the  Philozetian  debating  club  and  the  Alpha  Nu  liter- 
ary society;  joined  the  Alpha  Delta  Phi  fraternity;  was  elect- 
ed vice-president  of  his  class  in  Junior  year.  From  June  to 
September,  '70,  he  was  engaged  on  harbor  surveys  on  the 
eastern  shores  of  Lake  Michigan  and  at  Cheboygan  and  Al- 
pena  on  Lake  Huron.  In  October,  1870,  he  was  put  in  charge 
of  the  work  at  Sault  Ste.  tilarie,  Mich.,  and  when,  in  1873,  it 
was  found  necessary  for  the  government  to  build  a  new  lock 
he  practically,  under  the  direction  of  Gen.  Godfrey  Weitzel  of 
the  United  States  Engineer  Corps,  designed  and  brought  to  a 


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successful  completion  the  lock  since  known  as  the  Weitzel 
lock.  In  the  design  of  the  new  lock  Mr. 'Noble  introduced  a 
number  of  novel  features  which  at  once  engaged  the  attention 
and  admiration  of  engineers  all  over  the  world,  serving  as 
models  for  similar  designs  ever  since.  Writing  of  this  in  1914, 
Mr.  Joseph  Ripley,  who  was  associated  with  him  there,  says: 

"The  masonry  was  the  finest  of  its  kind  ever  built  in  this 
country.  The  filling  and  emptying  culverts  located  under  the 
floor  of  the  lock,  the  gate  hangings  and  the  hydraulic  operat- 
ing machinery  were  all  new  features.  The  gate  and  valve  en- 
gines have  been  in  constant  use  every  season  since  1881  and 
have  worked  easily,  efficiently  and  rapidly,  without  any  fail- 
ure and  without  any  repairs  except  the  annual  repacking  of 
the  cylinders  and  occasional  renewal  of  minor  parts." 

In  August,  1882,  on  the  practical  completion  of  the  construc- 
tion of  the  canal,  he  resigned  his  position  to  accept  an  ap- 
pointment as  resident  engineer  of  the  R.  R.  bridge  across 
Red  River  at  Shreveport,  La.  In  March,  '83,  he  resigned  this 
position  also  to  accept  a  similar  one  for  the  construction  of  a 
bridge  across  Snake  River  at  Ainsworth,  Washington  Terri- 
tory. In  September  of  that  year  he  took  charge  of  a  bridge 
over  Clark's  Fork  of  the  Columbia  River  in  Montana.  Snake 
River  bridge  was  completed  in  May,  '8-1,  and  Clark's  Fork 
bridge  in  June.  Mr.  Noble  began  the  construction  of  founda- 
tions of  an  iron  viaduct  across  Marent  Gulch,  Montana,  in 
September  of  the  same  year,  and  the  foundations  of  a  bridge 
across  St.  Louis  Bay,  at  west  end  of  Lake  Superior  in  October. 
He  completed  the  foundations  and  the  erection  of  the  super- 
structure of  Marent  Gulch  viaduct  in  June,  '85,  and  St.  Louis 
Bay  bridge  in  May,  according  to  original  plans,  and  began  the 
construction  of  an  additional  draw  bridge  in  July;  and  from 
August  to  October  was  at  Trenton,  N.  J.,  inspecting  iron  work 


156  CLASS  OF  'TO,  UNIVERSITY  OF  MICHIGAN 

for  the  draw  span.  From  October,  '85,  to  January,  '86,  he 
was  attending  to  the  erection  of  St.  Louis  Bay  bridge ;  Feb- 
ruary, '86  he  was  in  New  York  City,  in  the  office  of  George  S. 
Morison.  During  March  and  April  he  was  inspecting  bridge 
manufacture  in  Buffalo,  and  in  May  was  inspecting  iron  at 
Pottsville,  Pa.  He  then  returned  to  New  York  in  June.  He 
visited  Omaha  bridge  in  July  and  then  went  to  St.  Paul,  for 
temporary  duty  in  the  office  of  N.  P.  R.  R.,  as  acting  principal 
assistant  engineer.  In  September  that  year  he  went  to  Pitts- 
burg  to  inspect  iron  for  the  same  company,  but  soon  accepted 
an  appointment  as  resident  engineer  of  the  bridge  across  Har- 
lem River,  at  181st  St.,  New  York  City,  where  he  remained 
till  July,  '87,  when  he  resigned  to  accept  an  appointment  as 
resident  engineer  of  Illinois  Central  R.  R.  bridge  across  the 
Ohio  River  at  Cairo,  111. ;  and  in  '88,  assumed  charge,  also  as 
resident  engineer,  of  the  bridge  across  the  Mississippi  River, 
at  Memphis,  Tenn. 

The  Cairo  bridge  was  opened  for  traffic  Oct.  29,  1889,  and 
his  connection  therewith  closed  with  the  following  month. 
The  Memphis  bridge  was  opened  for  traffic  in  May,  1892.  He 
then  moved  to  Chicago  and  entered  into  a  limited  partnership 
with  Mr.  Geo.  S.  Morison,  who  had  been  chief  engineer  of  the 
Cairo  and  Memphis  bridges.  During  the  term  of  this  part- 
nership Noble  was  assistant  chief  engineer  of  the  bridge  at 
Alton  across  the  Mississippi  and  the  bridges  across  the  Mis- 
souri at  Bellefontaine  and  Leavenworth.  After  the  expiration 
of  the  partnership,  April  3-0,  1894,  he  began  a  general  practice 
as  consulting  engineer,  which  he  continued  up  to  the  time  of 
his  death.  The  degree  of  LL.  D.  was  conferred  on  Alfred 
Noble  by  the  University  of  Michigan  in  June,  1895,  and  by 
the  University  of  Wisconsin  in  June,  1904.  He  was  appointed 
a  member  of  the  Nicaragua  canal  board  by  President  Cleve- 


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"i 
land  in  1895.     The  appointment  was  not  sought  by  him  and 

was  peculiarity  gratifying  for  this  reason  and  also  because  it 
placed  him  in  connection  with  an  engineering  problem  of  great 
interest  which  was  in  line  with  his  earlier  work.  The  board 
visited  Central  America,  examined  the  route  of  the  Nicaragua 
canal  and  also  the  Panama  canal ;  then  returned  to  the  United 
States  and  completed  its  work  Nov.  1,  1895.  In  July,  1897,  he 
was  appointed  by  President  McKinley  a  member  of  the  U. 
S.  board  of  enginers  on  deep  waterways  to  make  surveys  and 
estimates  of  cost  for  a  ship  canal  from  the  Great  Lakes  to  deep 
water  in  the  Hudson  River.  This  was  also  congenial  work. 
It  was  completed  in  August,  1900.  In  June, -1899,  he  was  also 
placed  by  President  McKinley  on  the  Isthmian  Canal  Com- 
mission, which  was  charged  with  the  determination  of  the 
best  canal  route  across  the  American  isthmus,  and  it  has  been 
substantially  on  the  route  selected  by  this  commission  that  the 
Panama  canal  has  been  constructed.  During  its  continuance 
Noble  visited  Europe  with  his  colleagues  to  examine  the  data 
relating  to  the  Panama  canal  collected  in  the  office  of  the 
canal  company  in  Paris,  and  visited  the  Kiel,  Amsterdam  and 
Manchester  ship  canals.  He  also  made  two  trips  to  Central 
America  to  examine  more  fully  the  canal  routes  there. 

In.  the  spring  of  1898  he  was  appointed  by  William  R.  Day, 
then  Assistant  Secretary  of  State,  as  arbitrator  in  a  dispute 
between  a  citizen  of  this  country  and  the  government  of  San 
Domingo.  He  visited  that  island,  returning  to  New  York  a 
few  days  before  the  declaration  of  war  with  Spain.  In  the 
autumn  of  1900  he  was  appointed  a  member  of  an  engineer 
board  to  advise  the  state  engineer  of  New  York  concerning 
the  plans  and  estimates  for  a  barge  canal  across  that  state. 

In  November,  1901,  the  city  authorities  of  Galveston,  Texas, 
appointed  Alfred  Noble,  Henry  C.  Ripley  and  General 


158  CLASS  OF  'TO,  UNIVERSITY  OF  MICHIGAN 

Robert  as  a  board  of  engineers  to  devise  a  plan  for  protecting1 
the  city  and  suburbs  from  future  inundations.  They  reported 
a  plan  .involving  the  building  of  a  solid  wall  of  concrete  over 
three  miles  long  and  seventeen  feet  in  height  above  mean  low 
water,  the  raising  of  the  city  grade  and  making  an  embank- 
ment adjacent  to  the  wall,  the  whol:  to  cost  about  three  and  a 
half  millions  of  dollars.  This  plan  was  carried  into  effect. 

In  November,  1901,  he  formed  a  partnership  with  Ralph 
Modjeski  for  the  design  and  construction  of  the  bridge  across 
the  Mississippi  River  at  Thebes,  Illinois,  which  bridge  was 
opened  in  May,  1905." 

In  January,  1902,  Noble  was  appointed  chief  engineer  of  the 
East  River  Division  of  the  new  Pennsylvania  Railroad  ter- 
minal in  New  York  City,  the  division  embracing  excavation 
at  the  site  of  the  passenger  station,  tunnels  under  streets  east- 
ward to  East  River,  four  tunnels  under  the  river  and  a  large 
terminal  yard  on  Long  Island,  the  work  under  his  charge  cost- 
ing about  thirty  millions  of  dollars.  This  work  was  completed 
in  1909. 

In  1905  he  was  appointed  by  President  Roosevelt  a  member 
of  an  international  board  of  engineers  to  recommend  whether 
the  Panama  Canal  should  be  constructed  as  a  sea-level  or  a 
lock  canal.  This  board  consisted  of  thirteen  members,  of 
whom  five  were  nominated  by  foreign  governments.  Noble 
was  one  of  a  minority  of  five,  all  Americans,  who  recommend- 
ed the  adoption  of  a  lock  plan  ;  their  views  were  adopted  by 
the  government  and  the  canal  has  been  built  in  accordance 
with  their  recommendation. 

In  March,  1907,  Noble  was  one  of  three  appointed  by  Presi- 
dent Roosevelt  to  visit  the  Panama  Canal  to  investigate  al- 
leged conditions  regarding  the  foundations  of  some  of  the 
principal  structures ;  this  duty  was  completed  in  a  few  weeks. 


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He  was  obliged  to  decline  a  similar  appointment  two  years 
later. 

After  1909  he  was  engaged  in  practice  as  a  consulting  en- 
gineer; probably  the  most  important  question  dealt  with  was 
in  regard  to  the  dry  dock  being  built  by  the  U.  S.  government 
near  Honolulu.  He  also  served  as  a  consulting  engineer  for 
the  Board  of  Water  Supply  of  New  York  City  and  in  like 
capacity  for  the  Public  Service  Commission  for  the  First  Dis- 
trict of  the  State  of  New  York. 

The  foregoing  account  of  Alfred  Noble's  career  since  1902 
is  nearly  in  his  own  words,  as  he  wrote  them  only  a  few 
weeks  before  his  end  for  the  purposes  of  this  class  history. 
His  characteristic  modesty  and  brevity  of  expression  prob- 
ably furnished  the  reason  for  his  omitting  to  mention  his 
work  during  this  latter  period  for  the  Canadian  Government 
in  connection  with  the  foundations  of  the  Quebec  Bridge  and 
the  enlargement  of  the  Welland  Canal,  as  well  as  his  investi- 
gations for  various  waterpower  and  other  corporations. 

The  first  of  the  water-power  projects  involved  a  study  of 
the  regulation  of  Lake  Superior  for  the  Michigan  Lake  Supe- 
rior Power  Company.  This  problem  covered  four  years  of 
continuous  work,  and  the  report,  filling  three  large  volumes  is 
now  filed  with  the  International  Waterways  Commission.  A 
surprisingly  large  proportion  of  this  work  was  done  by  Noble 
personally;  if  he  had  a  weakness,  it  was  in  this  habit  he  had 
formed  of  doing  possibly  too  much  work  himself. 

He  visited  California  twice  to  examine  and  report  upon 
projects  for  the  Big  Meadows  Dam  for  the  Great  Western 
Power  Company,  and  gave  a  large  part  of  his  time,  extend- 
ing over  a  year,  to  the  study  of  a  power  development  on  the 
Susquehanna  River.  He  also  made  a  study  of  an  extension 
of  the  plant  at  Niagara  Falls ;  a  study  of  power  possibilities 


100  CLASS  OF  'TO,  rxivKusirv  OF  MICHIGAN 

on  the  St.  Lawrence  River;  and  a  report  on  a  plant  at  Grand 
Falls,  New  Brunswick. 

He  did  much  work  for  the  city  during  the  latter  part  of  his 
life.  The  city  made  use  more  particularly  of  his  ability  as  an 
expert  in  tunnel  matters,  first,  on  the  many  miles  of  tunnel  for 
the  Catskill  Aqueduct,  north  of  the  city,  and  the  deep  tunnels 
under  the  Boroughs  of  Manhattan  and  Brooklyn  and  the  East 
River,  and,  secondly  on  the  subway  tunnels,  especially  the 
four  East  River  tunnels  known  as  Routes  33  and  48. 

Aside  from  the  1GO  million  dollars,  more  or  less,  which  was 
the  cost  of  the  Catskill  Aqueduct,  and  which  he  cannot  be 
said  to  have  passed  upon  as  a  whole,  the  value  of  the  work 
referred  to  him  for  his  judgment  during  the  four  years  totals 
nearly  100  million  dollars.  This  is  mentioned  only  as  giving 
some  idea  of  the  magnitude  of  the  responsibilities  which  were 
placed  upon  him,  and  as  an  indication  of  the  value  placed 
upon  his  judgment. 

Of  what  was  perhaps  his  greatest  public  service,  and  of  the 
degree  in  which  the  country  owes  it  to  him  for  the  avoidance 
of  a  disastrous  failure  at  Panama,  his  brief  statement  con- 
veys no  idea.  This  has  been  characterized  as  follows : 

"As  most  of  our  readers  will  remember,,  all  the  foreign 
engineers  and  three  of  the  American  engineers  united  in  a 
majority  report  advising  the  construction  of  a  sea-level  canal. 
Five  American  engineers,  with  Mr.  Noble  at  the  head,  stood 
out  in  favor  of  a  lock  canal.  We  say,  'Mr.  Noble  at  the  head' 
because  from  his  strong  experience  in  connection  with  the 
lock  at  Sault  Ste.  Marie,  he  was  better  nble  than  any  engineer 
upon  the  commission  to  speak  authoritatively  with  respect  to 
the  construction  and  operation  of  great  ship  canal  locks.  To 
Alfred  Noble's  discerning  wisdom  and  independent  judgment 
and  to  his  willingness  to  stand  in  a  minority  in  defense  of 


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what  he  believed  to  be  right,  the  country  owes  it  today  that 
it  did  not  undertake  what  we  now  know  would  have  been  the 
folly  of  a  sea-level  canal  at  Panama. 

"In  the  struggle  which  followed  the  submission  of  these 
two  conflicting  reports,  Mr.  Noble's  ability  and  strong  per- 
sonality had  much  to  do  with  the  final  decision  by  which 
those  in  authority  rejected  the  majority  report  and  adopted 
that  of  the  minority.'— ENGINEERING  NEWS,  April  23, 
'14. 

"The  country  is  under  great  obligations  to  him  for  his  wise 
and  far-sighted  course  in  relation  to  the  Panama  Canal.  As 
a  member  of  the  International  Board  of  Consulting  Engineers, 
assembled  by  President  Roosevelt  in  1905,  he  threw  the 
weight  of  his  long  experience  and  acknowledged  engineering 
ability  in  favor  of  a  lock  as  against  a  sea-level  canal  and  wrote 
the  report  of  the  minority  members  of  that  body,  in  which 
the  plan  of  the  canal  as  constructed  was  outlined.  As  a  mem- 
ber of  a  special  commission  of  three  sent  by  President  Roose- 
velt to  the  Isthmus  in  1907  to  make  a  special  investigation  of 
the  lock  and  clam  sites,  his  signature  to  a  report  declaring  the 
foundations  safe  and  stable  had  great  effect  in  reassuring  the 
public  confidence." 

GEN.  GEORGE  W.  GOETHALS. 

"He  was  the  dean  of  American  engineers  and  has  left  a  rec- 
ord of  brilliant  usefulness  upon  which  it  is  inspiring  to  dwell. 
I  had  at  one  period  much  official  relationship  with  him  and 
came  to  respect  him  most  highly  as  a  man  and  as  an  engineer. 
His  professional  advice  in  respect  to  the  type  of  the  Panama 
Canal  and  the  security  of  the  foundations  of  the  Gatun  Dam 
was  followed  by  the  Government  and  has  been  vindicated 
completely  by  the  event." 

EX-PRESIDENT  WILLIAM  H.  TAFT. 


1G2  CLASS  OF  '70,  UNIVERSITY  OF  MICHIGAN 

Alfred  Xoble  was  a  past-president  of  the  Western  Society 
of  Engineers,  the  American  Society  of  Civil  Engineers  and 
the  American  Institute  of  Consulting  Engineers.  In  1910  he 
was  awarded  the  John  Fritz  Medal  for  "notable  achievements 
as  a  Civil  Engineer."  In  1911  he  was  elected  an  Honorary 
Member  of  the  Institution  of  Civil  Engineers  of  Great  Britain, 
and  in  191?  received  the  Elliott  Cresson  Medal  of  the  Frank- 
lin Institute  "in  recognition  of  his  distinguished  achievements 
in  the  field  of  Civil  Engineering."  He  was  married  May  31, 
1871,  to  Miss  Georgia  Speedily  of  Ann  Arbor.  She  died 
January  12,  1915.  They  left  one  son,  Frederick  Charles,  who 
was  graduated  from  the  engineering  department  at  Ann  Ar- 
bor in  1894,  and  is  now  following  his  profession  in  Xew  York 
City,  at  101  Park  Ave. 

Alfred  Xoble  died  April  19,  1914,  in  Xew  York  City. 

It  is  not  so  much  his  success  as  an  engineer  but  his  qualities 
of  mind  and  heart,  that  his  friends  would  recall.  The  follow- 
ing are  some  of  the  tributes  to  his  memory : 

"The  name  of  Alfred  Xoble  will  live  in  our  memories,  and 
in  history,  with  those  who  possessed  the  finest  qualities  of 
heart  and  intellect." 

CHARLES  S.  CARTER,  '70. 

"I  well  remember  when  Alfred  Xoble  came  to  the  Uni- 
versity of  Michigan,  where  he  entered  the  Sophomore  class 
in  1867.  He  was  somewhat  older  than  the  rest  of  us,  and, 
in  my  opinion,  far  more  able  than  any  of  us.  He  had  had 
three  years'  experience  in  the  army,  and  those  who  knew  him 
there  said  that  he  had  been  a  faithful  and  valiant  soldier.  I 
do  not  think  any  of  his  classmates  ever  heard  him  speak  of 
his  army  career.  He  probably  regarded  it  merely  as  part  of 


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his  duty,  and  not  a  thing  to  be  talked  about.  Moreover,  he 
was  at  all  times  the  most  modest  and  retiring  of  men.  Those 
of  you  who  know  him,  I  think,  will  have  marked  this  char- 
acteristic. *  *  *  In  his  case,  the  boy  was  father  to  the 
man.  He  was  modest,  kindly,  industrious  and  capable,  as 
boy  and  man.  I  need  hardly  say  to  you  that  he  had  partic- 
ular aptitude  for  the  science  of  engineering,  and  unusual  skill 
in  the  higher  mathematics.  While  he  was  easily,  in  my  opin- 
ion, the  first  man  in  our  class,  I  do  not  think  there  was  any 
of  our  fellow-students  who  had  the  slightest  feeling  of  envy 
or  jealousy  toward  him.  By  common  consent  he  was  our 
intellectual  leader.  We  all  liked  him,  and  the  more  we  emu- 
lated his  example  and  tried  to  reach  his  attainments  in 
scholarship,  the  better  it  was  for  us. 

"The  last  time  I  saw  Alfred  Noble  was  at  the  great  Michi- 
gan banquet  in  New  York  in  1911,  when  as  a  member  of  the 
]\Tew  York  committee,  he  did  very  much  to  make  that  func- 
tion the  great  success  it  was.  With  his  great  qualities  and 
achievements,  he  had  a  gentle  vein  of  humor  that  made  him 
the  most  agreeable  of  companions.  In  person,  as  you  know, 
he  looked  his  part,  and  was  a  most  attractive  man.  To  have 
known  him  and  had  his  friendship  is  one  of  the  most  pleasant 
and  valued  recollections  of  my  life." 

JUSTICE  WILLIAM  R.  DAY,  70. 

"I  first  knew  him  as  the  great  engineer,  but  came  to  know 
him  also  as  the  biggest,  broadest  and  most  human  man  with 
whom  I  ever  came  in  contact." 

PAUL  GOODWIN  BROWN. 

"He  was  one  of  those  great  men  whose  modesty,  gentle- 
ness and  kindliness  vested  his  greatness  with  a  charm,  and 


104  CLASS  OF  '70,  I \\IVKKSITY  OF  MICHIGAN 

made  all  those  who  knew  him  love  him  as  a  man  as  strongly 
as  they  admired  him  as  an  engineer." 

RICHARD  S.  BUCK. 

"Like  every  one  else  that  knew  Alfred  Noble,  I  not  only 
admired  him  as  a  man  and  as  an  engineer,  but  had  for  him  a 
real  deep  affection  as  a  friend,  and  I  feel  that  I,  too,  have  suf- 
fered a  loss  today." 

COL.  WM.  BARCLAY  PARSONS. 

"I  have  been  struck  with  admiration  for  his  great  abilities 
and  his  splendid  character  as  a  man." 

HON.  JOSEPHUS  DANIELS. 

"Alfred  Noble  was  my  ideal  of  a  man,  a  grand  character 
embodying  the  best  traits  of  human  intelligence  and  person- 
ality. He  measured  up  to  the  perfect  standard  of  a  Chief 
Engineer,  with  full  technical  and  practical  ability,  ready  with 
right  expedients,  always  successful,  with  never  a  failure,  with 
unassuming  modesty,  with  a  living  honesty  of  intent  and 
deed,  bright  and  spotless  as  sunlight,  and  an  inborn  gift  of 
leadership  which  inspired  loyalty  to  him  and  his  work  in 
every  employee,  however  humble  or  important  the  position 
might  chance  to  be,  and  imbuing  a  spirit  of  service  willing  to 
go  to  the  limit  of  uttermost  endurance." 

•  JOSEPH  RIPLEY. 

"He  was  to  me  a  remarkable  man,  whom  I  counted  as  one 
of  the  few  really  great  men  I  have  known ;  and  I  always  re- 
joiced in  learning  of  the  deserved  recognition  of  him  by 
others.  While  he  undoubtedly  understood  and  knew  of  his 
marked  ability,  he  never  appeared  to  realize  that  he  excelled 
or  to  assert  it ;  but  had  a  quiet,  unassuming,  reserved  and 


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kindly  personality  which  was  most  attractive  to  me.  He  was 
really  a  man  that  none  knew  but  to  love  and  none  named  but 
to  praise.  It  is  a  gratification  to  remember  that  he  won 
appreciation  and  distinction  in  his  life  work  and  did  his  life 
work  grandly." 

JUDGE  J.  H.  STEERE. 

"I  esteem  it  a  great  privilege  to  have  known  him  and  to 
have  been,  even  to  so  small  an  extent  as  I  personally  have 
been,  associated  with  the  one  man  who  in  my  opinion  out- 
ranked all  the  other  engineers  in  this  country.  His  splendid 
character  and  honor  have  been  a  great  influence  for  good  in 
the  profession,  and  we  all  miss  that  fine,  guiding  spirit  very 
greatly.  In  his  death  there  still  remains  to  us  the  memory 
of  one  of  the  finest  men  that  ever  lived,  finishing  his  course 
in  the  full  possession  of  all  his  powers  and  at  the  summit  of 
his  fame.  What  can  any  of  us  desire  for  himself  better  than 
that?" 

J.  VIPOND  DA  VIES. 

"He  was  one  of  the  most  companionable  of  men,  and,  while 
he  could  express  himself  with  vigor  whenever  occasion  might 
demand  it,  his  nature  was  to  accomplish  his  purposes  through 
quiet  and  gentle  procedures.  In  fact,  he  may  properly  be 
characterized  as  a  gentleman  in  the  best  sense  of  the  word. 
He  possessed  unlimited  stability  and  poise  of  mind. 
He  could  not  be  surprised  into  a  conclusion  not  justified  by 
his  judgment,  and  it  was  unthinkable  that  he  should  reach 
an  unwise  conclusion  through  crude  impulse.  In  endeavor- 
ing to  find  what  qualities  gave  him  the  prominent  position 
in  the  profession  which  he  held,  I  think  one  must  look  chiefly 
to  his  perfect  stability  of  character  and  judgment,  his  kindly 
nature  unfailingly  exhibited  to  all  those  with  whom  he  came 
in  contact,  his  uncompromising  right  principle,  and  his  fine 


1UG  CLASS  OF  ?7G,  UNIVERSITY  OF  MICHIGAN 

analytic  capacity  which  he  brought  to  bear  on  all  engineering 
questions." 

WILLIAM  H.  BURR. 

"He  was  a  man  for  whom  everyone  entertained  the  highest 
respect,  not  only  for  his  professional  ability  and  talents,  but 
for  his  many  endearing  personal  qualities  as  well." 

SAMUEL  REA. 

"Mr.  Noble  was  not  only  one  of  our  great  engineers,  but 
the  highest  type  of  man  in  every  respect,  and  his  quiet,  lov- 
able ways  endeared  him  to  all.  He  will  be  greatly  missed, 
and  it  will  be  very  difficult  to  fill  the  position  he  has  occupied 
in  the  engineering  world." 

AMBROSE  SWASEY. 

"He  stood  for  nothing  but  the  straight,  unvarnished  truth, 
and  I  am  sure  there  was  not  a  man  who  knew  him  but  felt 
he  was  the  better  for  having  known  him  and  the  better  for 
following  him." 

JAMES  FORGIE. 

"I  feel  that  I  have  lost  a  true  friend  and  the  engineering  pro- 
fession its  foremost  American  representative." 

ISHAM  RANDOLPH. 

"There  are  few  men  in  the  country  to  whom  the  Nation 
owes  a  greater  debt  for  large  service  rendered." 

CHARLES  WHITING  BAKER. 

"In  the  passing  of  Alfred  Noble  our  profession  has  lost  one 
of  its  best  and  highest  representatives — the  leader  in  his  spe- 
cial work,  true  to  his  friends,  a  gentleman,  a  man  in  all  that 


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the  word  implies.     He  left  a  vacancy  in  our  ranks  that  cannot 
be   filled." 

JOHN  F.  WALLACE. 

"No  life's  record  brings  to  the  individual  or  to  the  engineer- 
ing profession  more  honor  than  that  of  Alfred  Noble." 

BRIG.  GEN.  A.  MacKENZIE. 

"He  was  a  great  man  and  a  great  engineer.  When  I  think 
of  an  ideal  to  work  up  to,  both  as  engineer  and  a  man,  Noble 
comes  to  my  mind  first  of  all.  *  *  *  I  am  mourning  the 
best  of  men  and  the  best  of  friends." 

RALPH   MODJESKI. 

"As  a  man  he  was  of  the  highest  standard  of  honor  and 
integrity,  and  was  the  very  personification  of  humility.  I 
can  only  add  my  testimony  to  the  fact  that  the  United  States 
of  America,  and  the  profession  generally,  have  lost  one  of  the 
most  distinguished  engineers  of  this  generation/' 

CHARLES  M.  JACOBS. 

"He  was  certainly  one  of  the  finest  types  of  manhood  that 
I  ever  met,  either  in  the  United  States  or  anywhere  else ;  able, 
kindly,  strong-minded,  sticking  to  his  opinions  with  great 
determination  no  matter  how  persuasive  the  arguments  on  the 
other  side,  and  very  thoughtful  of  others  and  generous  in  his 
dealings  with  them.  I  should  say  he  was  much  the  same 
type  of  character  as  Abraham  Lincoln." 

SIR  ERNEST  W.  MOIR. 

"I  was  always  struck  by  his  great  sincerity  and  the  ex- 
tremely fair  way  in  which  he  examined  any  questions  put 
before  him.  I  felt  that  I  should  be  quite  satisfied  to  take  his 
opinion  as  an  arbitrator  on  any  question  which  might  be  in 


108  CLASS  OF  '70,  UNIVERSITY  OF  MICHIGAN 

dispute  in  which  I  might  be  one  of  the  parties.  I  say  this 
not  only  on  account  of  his  professional  qualities,  which  were  as 
well  recognized  in  Great  Britain  as  in  the  United  States,  and 
Canada,  but  also  on  account  of  his  fair  mind  and  common 
sense." 

SIR  MAURICE  FITZMAURICE. 

"Noble  by  name  and  noble  by  nature,  like  all  great  men,  he 
was  entirely  unassuming,  patient,  painstaking,  and  hard 
working;  kindly,  generous  and  unselfish;  capable  of  meeting 
any  obstacle  and  overcoming  it ;  strong  and  reliable ;  courage- 
ous and  never  compromising  with  what  he  considered  wrong." 

SIR  HENRY  JAPP. 

"The  qualities  in  him  that  I  like  best  to  remember  were  his 
gentleness,  genuineness,  geniality,  quiet  humor,  thorough 
sympathy  with,  and  readiness  to  help  others,  by  kindly  advice 
or  otherwise,  wherever  and  whenever  such  help  was  asked 
or  appeared  to  him  to  be  needed.  *  *  * 

"I  have  tried  to  think  of  all  the  attributes  of  which  a  man 
would  wish  to  be  possessed,  and  have  endeavored,  without 
success,  to  find  one  which  was  not  a  feature  of  his  character. 

"Alfred  Noble  was  the  best  balanced,  most  lovable,  most 
dependable,  most  useful  man  I  have  ever  known.  To  meet 
him,  even  casually,  was  always  a  pleasure ;  to  have  known 
him  intimately  was  a  great  privilege." 

CHAS.  WARREN  HUNT,  LL.  D. 


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In  all  these  tributes,  what  remarkable  unanimity,  and  what 
evident  sincerity !  At  the  end  of  a  life  so  honorable,  so  kindly, 
so  useful  as  was  his,  what  better  offering  to  his  memory  can 
there  be  than  the  heartfelt  expressions  of  his  friends? 

The  following  verses  are  by  Mr.  W.  L.  Saunders: 

"At  three  score  years  and  ten  a  useful  life 

Has  run  its  course.    And  as  we  think  of  him 

The  sorrow  and  the  flowing  tears  of  friends 

Are  turned  to  joy  that  such  a  one  as  he 

Has  lived  and  wrought.    Here  was  a  man  who  led 

In  building  up,  a  mind  endowed  to  see 

And  think  and  do  in  all  the  larger  things, 

A  Captain  leading  men  on  Nature's  fields 

To  win  in  building  monuments  of  peace. 

This  engineer  has  shattered  Nature's  works 

To  make  the  world  a  better  dwelling  place 

For  all  of  us.     His  life  was  gentle  and 

No  thought  of  self  within  him  dwelt.     He  won 

Scarce  knowing  why,  the  plaudits  of  the  world. 

Upon  his  monument  let  it  be  writ: 

'He  was  an  Engineer.     He  was  a  man.' '; 


CLARK  OLDS,  B.  S.,  M.  S. 

Born  at  Erie,  Perm.,  July  14,  1850. 

Address:     Erie,  Penn. 

I  have  spent  my  life  with  the  labors  and  duties  of  the  pro- 
fession of  the  law,  having  practiced  continuously,  making  a 
specialty  of  the  Admiralty  practice,  but  have  only  reached 
the  plane  of  mediocrity  in  the  profession,  yet  from  time  to 


170  CLASS  OF  '70,  UNIVERSITY  OF  MICHIGAN 

time  have  been  connected  with  important  litigation.  I  prac- 
tice in  all  the  State  and  United  States  Courts.  Was  a  dele- 
gate to  the  National  Republican  Convention  at  Chicago  in 
1904,  at  which  time  Roosevelt  was  nominated  for  President. 

I  have  been  industrious  and  economical,  accumulating  some 
property. 

I  have  rilled  many  quasi-public  positions,  mostly  of  a  char- 
itable nature,  such  as  for  many  years  director  and  president 
of  the  Erie  County  Mutual  Insurance  Company,  member  of 
the  Board  of  Water  Commissioners  of  the  City  of  Erie,  over 
fifteen  years,  and  president  of  the  Board  for  nine  years,  direc- 
tor of  the  Erie  Chamber  of  Commerce  eleven  years  and  presi- 
dent one  year,  one  of  the  managers  and  chairman  of  the 
finance  committee  of  the  Erie  Cemetery  for  many  years  and 
president  three  years,  director  and  president  of  the  Lake  Side 
Cemetery  for  seven  years,  director  and  treasurer  of  The  L. 
W.  Olds  Real  Estate  Company  eighteen  years,  one  of  the 
directors  of  the  Erie  Trust  Company,  member  of  the  board 
of  examiners  for  admissions  to  the  Erie  County  Bar,  chair- 
man of  the  Commission  to  build  a  public  steamboat  landing, 
at  the  port  of  Erie,  built  by  the  State  of  Pennsylvania,  chair- 
man of  the  Commission  to  ascertain  encroachments  on  the 
public  lands  bordering  on  Lake  Erie,  both  of  the  above 
appointments  made  by  the  Governor  in  pursuance  of  acts  of 
assembly,  appointed  by  the  Court  chairman  of  a  committee 
to  adopt  new  indices  for  the  county  records.  I  was  chairman 
of  the  local  "Questionnaire  Board"  and  a  member  of  the  local 
committee  for  placing  all  the  Liberty  Loan  issues. 

Was  a  member  of  the  Lake  Mohonk  Conferences  on  "In- 
ternational Arbitration"  for  seven  successive  years,  up  to  the 
close  of  the  conferences  at  the  outbreak  of  the  world  war. 


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Am  a  member  of  the  Erie  County  Law  Association,  the 
Erie  Club,  the  University  Club,  the  Kahkwa  Country  Club, 
the  American  Society  of  Civil  Engineers,  Engineers'  Society 
of  Pennsylvania,  Erie  Board  of  Commerce,  Erie  Motor  Club 
and  Chairman  of  the  Committee  to  revise  the  rules  of  the  Or- 
phans' Court  of  Erie  Co.,  Pa. 

I  have  only  one  child  living,  Irving  S.  Olds,  who  is  a  mem- 
ber of  the  law  firm  of  White  &  Case,  14  Wall  Street,  New 
York  City.  He  was  at  the  head  of  the  legal  department  of 
J.  P.  Morgan  &  Company  during  the  time  they  were  purchas- 
ing supplies  for  the  allies,  also  head  of  the  legal  department 
of  the  British  War  Mission,  in  New  York,  till  the  clos:  of  the 
war. 

I  had  the  great  misfortune  to  be  bereaved  of  my  wife  in 
December,  1919. 

For  recreation  I  have,  in  a  small  way,  bred  and  raced  a  few 
standard  trotting  horses. 

The  above  comprises  my  principal  activities  since  the  pub- 
lication of  the  last  class  history. 

DARIUS  COMSTOCK  PENNINGTON,  B.  S. 
Born  in  Town  of  Macon,  Lena  wee  Co.,  Mich.,  April  22,  1847. 

Address:  400  Wilcox  Ave.,  Oroville,  Cal. 
Mr.  Pennington  has  given  the  greater  part  of  his  life  to 
fruit  raising  in  California  since  leaving  the  University.  The 
work  seems  to  agree  with  him,  however,  for  he  has  accom- 
plished a  great  deal  in  that  line  and  made  a  name  for  himself 
in  his  part  of  California.  He  sends  the  following  letter: 

Vacaville,  Cal. 
Dear  Classmates: 

The  notice  of  Noble's  death  was  duly  received.  Our  ranks 
are  thinning  fast  surely,  and  the  shadows  are  getting  long 
with  me,  but  I  am  still  able  to  be  about  my  work. 


172  CLASS  OF  '70,  UNIVERSITY  OF  MICHIGAN 

I  received  your  circular  letter,  containing  the  list  of  those 
of  the  class  who  had  "gone  across  the  great  divide,"  and  also 
a  request  for  data  to  be  used  in  the  supplementary  class 
biography,  which  should  have  been  forwarded  long  before 
this,  but  I  am  very  busy  all  the  time,  and  have  much  outside 
work  that  takes  me  about  the  state  a  good  deal,  especially 
during  the  last  of  the  winter  and  early  spring,  not  to  speak 
of  the  work  on  the  ranch  here,  where  I  have  from  twelve  to 
fifty  men  to  oversee,  depending  on  the  season. 

During  the  season  of  cherry  picking  we  have  at  times  sixty 
men  at  work,  so  that  when  night  comes,  I  am  tired  out,  for 
age  begins  to  tell  on  me,  and  it  is  not  as  easy  to  get  through 
with  the  day's  duties  as  it  once  was. 

As  to  my  life,  since  the  Class  History  was  published,  there 
has  been  nothing  out  of  the  ordinary,  everyday  work  that 
comes  to  a  fruit  rancher  in  California  and  nothing  to  place 
my  name  "in  the  lime  light."  I  have  plodded  along,  doing 
each  day  the  thing  that  came  to  my  hand  to  do  to  the  best 
of  my  ability.  I  have  made  many  friends  and  some  enemies 
as  well,  and  have  also  made  something  of  a  reputation  as  an 
expert  in  my  line  of  work  ;  but  it  will  not  loom  very  large 
by  the  side  of  the  most  of  my  classmates,  and  I  do  not  flatter 
myself  that  my  achievements  will  receive  more  than  a  pass- 
ing notice  from  anyone ;  nor  that  I  have  added  much  to  the 
achievements  of  the  class  of  '70.  Like  most  people,  I  can 
look  back  and  see  the  mistakes  and  blunders  that  I  have  made, 
but  I  try  not  to  let  that  hinder  me  in  doing  what  is  ahead  of 
me  to  be  done  and  I  hope  to  "die  in  harness"  with  my  face 
to  the  front. 

Mv  wife  and  the  children  that  were  left  to  me  are  still  liv- 
ing. The  children  are  all  married,  and  we  have  eight  grand- 
children— good  average  young  Americans ;  and  to  get  among 


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them  makes  me  forget  my  gray  hair  and  that  I  am  getting 
old. 

There  does  not  seem  to  be  anything  farther  that  I  can  tell, 
and  I  shall  be  glad  if  what  I  have  put  down  herein  will  help 
you  out  in  your  "labor  of  love."  Therefore  I  will  close,  with 
best  wishes  and  remembrances  to  you  and  yours,  hoping  that 
you  will  be  spared  to  them  and  us  yet  these  many  days. 
Yours  fraternally, 

D.  C.  PENNINGTON. 

JUDGE  WILLIAM    LORENZO    PENFIELD,   A.   B. 

Born  at  Dover,  Lenawee  Co.,  Mich.,  April  2,  1846     Died  at 
Washington,  D.  C.,  May  9,  1909. 

The  following  is  taken  from  the  New  York  Daily  Tribune 
of  May  10,  1909: 

Washington,  May  9. — Ex-Judge  William  L.  Penfield,  for- 
merly solicitor  of  the  Department  of  State,  and  an  authority 
on  international  law,  died  after  a  long  illness  at  his  apartment 
in  this  city  at  5  o'clock  this  morning.  His  death  was  due  to 
a  complication  of  heart  and  stomach  troubles  which  had  con- 
fined him  to  his  bed  for  several  months.  The  end  came  in  the 
presence  of  his  wife,  a  son  and  daughter,  and  a  sister,  Mrs. 
Duncan,  of  Greenfield,  Ind. 

The  funeral  services  will  be  held  Tuesday  afternoon,  and 
interment  will  be  in  the  District  of  Columbia. 


William  L.  Penfield,  Solicitor  of  the  State  Department  from 
189?  to  1905  and  authority  on  international  law,  was  a  native 
of  Dover,  Lenawee  County,  Mich.  He  was  sixty-three  years 


174  CLASS  OF  '70,  UNIVERSITY  OF  MICHIGAN 

old  on  April  2  last.  In  his  boyhood  Judge  Penfield,  as  he  was 
most  familiarly  known,  lived  on  a  farm.  He  was  graduated 
from  the  University  of  Michigan  in  1870,  after  which  he  was 
for  two  years  instructor  of  German  and  Latin  at  Adrian  Col- 
lege. At  the  end  of  this  term  Mr.  Penfield  was  admitted  to 
the  bar.  He  then  went  to  Auburn,  Ind.,  to  practise,  after 
which  he  became  identified  with  the  official  and  political  life 
of  Indiana. 

The  rise  of  Judge  Penfield  in  the  legal  profession  and  in  the 
councils  of  the  Republican  party  of  his  adopted  state  was 
rapid,  and  he  occupied  in  turn  the  offices  of  City  Attorney  and 
judge  of  the  Indiana  Circuit  Court.  However,  it  was 
as  Solicitor  of  the  State  Department,  to  which  office  the  late 
President  McKinley  appointed  him,  that  the  greatest,  oppor- 
tunity came  to  him  to  demonstrate  to  its  full  his  legal  acu- 
men, and,  as  it  later  developed,  his  diplomacy. 

The  incumbency  of  Judge  Penfield  in  that  office  was 
marked  by  many  perplexing  and  important  international  ques- 
tions. One  of  the  most  important  of  these  was  the  case  of 
several  European  countries  against  Venezuela,  when  he  ap- 
peared at  The  Hague  tribunal  as  counsel  for  the  United 
States  and  Venezuela  in  the  arbitration  proceedings.  Judge 
Penfield  also  represented  the  United  States  in  the  interna- 
tional arbitration  of  disputes  between  this  country  and  Santo 
Domingo,  Peru,  Nicaragua  and  Guatemala.  In  these  he  se- 
cured for  the  United  States  awards  aggregating  $2,250,000. 
He  was  also  special  commissioner  to  Brazil  in  1905.  He  re- 
signed from  the  State  Department  to  resume  the  private  prac- 
tice of  law  in  Washington. 

In  his  political  career  Judge  Penfield  had  been  a  member 
of  the  Republican  State  Committee  of  Indiana,  presidential 
elector  and  electoral  messenger  in  1888  and  delegate  to  the 


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Republican  National  Convention  in  1892.  He  was  a  member 
of  the  American  Bar  Association,  the  Indiana  State  Bar  As- 
sociation and  the  Cosmos  Club,  of  Washington. 

The  Auburn  (Ind.)  Evening  Dispatch  of  May  10th,  1909, 
contained  the  following: 

Judge  William  L.  P'enfield  is  dead.  The  long-expected  end 
of  this  truly  great  man  of  his  generation  has  come.  After  a 
heroic  battle  against  a  complication  of  heart  and  stomach 
troubles,  he  was  forced  to  surrender  on  Sunday  morning  at 
5  o'clock  in  his  apartment  in  the  Ontario  in  Washington,  D.  C. 

Frequently  The  Dispatch  has  mentioned  Judge  Penfield's 
illness,  and  only  Saturday  said  that  all  hopes  for  his  recovery 
had  been  blasted.  From  day  to  day  our  people  have  watched 
closely  to  see  any  message  of  better  news  and  have  been  hap- 
pily rewarded  at  times  and  saddened  at  others. 

For  nearly  three  weeks  oxygen  has  been  administered  to 
him  to  keep  him  alive,  and  even  in  that  critical  condition  has 
showed  signs  at  times  that  gave  the  devoted  family  hopes. 
His  case  has  been  one  of  the  most  remarkable  on  record.  His 
wonderful  vitality  seemed  almost  too  great  for  the  grim 
reaper  to  overcome,  but  he  surrendered  to  the  inevitable,  sur- 
rounded by  his  devoted  wife,  his  son,  Walter,  his  daughter, 
Blanche,  and  his  sister,  Mrs.  Duncan,  of  Greenfield,  Indiana. 

Judge  Penfield  has  a  peculiar  attachment  to  our  city  and 
community.  A  resident  here  for  twenty-five  years,  he  forged 
a  chain  of  friendship  that  his  twelve  years  of  absence  has 
failed  to  break.  He  is  strongly  linked  to  us.  Here  he  mar- 
ried his  wife,  Miss  Luna  Walters  ;  here  he  raised  his  family 
of  four  children,  two  dying  in  childhood  and  now  residing  in 
the  city  of  the  dead,  Evergreen  cemetery ;  here  he  filled  a 
prominent  place  in  public  and  private  life;  here  he  built  him- 
self a  fine  home  on  South  Main  street,  and  here  he  has  main- 


17(>  ('LASS  OF  '70,  UNIVERSITY  OF  MICHIGAN 

tained  his  legal  residence,  even  though  he  has  been  in  Wash- 
ington nearly  all  of  the  time  since  1897. 

Attorney  D.  D.  Moody  claims  the  distinction  of  being  in- 
fluential in  bringing  Judge  Penfield  here  from  Adrian,  Michi- 
gan. In  1872,  Mr.  Moody  and  Dr.  J.  J.  Littlefield  were  se- 
lected as  a  committee  to  get  a  Fourth  of  July  orator,  and  Dr. 
Littlefield,  knowing  Judge  Penfield,  suggested  him  to  Mr. 
Moody,  who  agreed  on  the  judge  being  invited  to  speak  in 
our  city,  which  invitation  he  accepted.  In  January  following 
he  came  here  and  formed  a  partnership  in  the  practice  of  law 
with  Mr.  Moody,  which  lasted  three  years.  Then  Auburn 
was  but  a  village  as  to  the  Auburn  we  know  today.  Our 
older  readers  will  recall  this  incident  and  immediately  asso- 
ciate numerous  other  happenings  of  early  day  life  with  it. 

The  funeral  will  be  held  in  Washington  on  Tuesday  after- 
noon and  intermen-t  will  be  in  the  Rock  Creek  cemetery  in 
the  capitol  city. 

The  honorary  pallbearers  at  the  funeral  will  be  chosen 
from  among  the  most  prominent  Indianans  at  Washington. 

He  was  born  on  a  farm  in  Lenawee  county,  Michigan,  on 
April  2,  1846,  the  fourth  of  a  family  of  eight  children.  His 
parents,  William  Penfield  and  wife,  natives  of  New  England, 
were  of  English  lineage. 

Judge  Penfield  spent  his  childhood  days  and  youth  upon 
the  farm,  aiding  his  parents  by  performing  the  labor  which 
usually  falls  to  the  lot  of  a  farmer  boy.  He  early  determined 
to  rise  above  the  sphere  of  his  juvenile  environments.  He 
attended  the  district  school,  and  later,  in  the  public  schools 
of  Hillsdale,  fitted  himself  for  a  college  course.  After  spend- 
ing some  time  in  Adrian  college,  he  entered  the  Michigan 
University  at  Ann  Arbor,  where  he  pursued  the  classic  course, 
graduating  with  high  honors  in  1870.  One  of  his  classmates 


DEPARTMENT  OF  LITERATURE,  SCIENCE  AND  ARTS     177 

was  Hon.  William  R.  Day,  later  Secretary  of  State  under 
President  McKinley,  and  now  on  the  bench  of  the  Supreme 
Court  of  the  United  States.  Soon  after  receiving  his  diploma, 
the  chair  of  German  and  Latin  in  Adrian  College,  where  he 
had  formerly  been  a  student,  were  tendered  him,  which  posi- 
tion he  accepted  and  held  for  two  years.  It  was,  however, 
his  purpose  to  enter  the  legal  profession,  and  while  teaching 
he  studied  law.  He  was  admitted  to  the  bar  in  1872,  and  in 
January  of  the  following  year  he  came  to  Auburn  and  entered 
upon  the  practice  of  his  life  profession. 

Here  he  found  strong  competition  in  his  profession,  but 
realizing  that  he  had  a  name  to  make  at  the  bar,  and  a  repu- 
tation to  secure,  he  never  faltered.  With  the  same  courage 
and  perseverance  that  has  marked  his  entire  career,  he  soon 
demonstrated  his  fitness  for  his  chosen  avocation.  He  soon 
won  a  large  clientage  in  both  the  state  and  the  federal  courts. 

In  politics,  Judge  Penfield  has  always  been  a  republican, 
and  has  taken  an  active  part  in  campaign  work  from  the  time 
he  was  twenty-one  years  old. 

In  1884,  during  the  Elaine  campaign,  he  was  a  member  of 
the  Republican  State  Committee.  In  1888  he  was  chosen 
presidential  elector,  and  by  the  electoral  college  of  Indiana 
was  selected  as  its  messenger  to  carry  the  result  of  the  elec- 
tion to  the  President.  In  1892  he  was  chosen  delegate  from 
his  congressional  district  to  the  National  Republican  Conven- 
tion at  Minneapolis.  In  1894  he  was  nominated  by  his  party 
for  the  office  of  the  Thirty-fifth  Judicial  Circuit  of  Indiana, 
and  won  the  election  by  1,778  votes,  the  largest  majority  ever 
given  a  judge  in  this  circuit.  In  Auburn  he  ran  178  votes 
ahead  of  the  state  ticket,  and  220  votes  ahead  in  DeKalb 
county,  which,  considering  the  many  hard  fought  legal  bat- 
tles waged  by  him  against  many  of  his  constituency  during 


178  CLASS  OF  'TO,  UNIVERSITY  OF  MICHIGAN 


the  twenty-two  years  of  active  practice,  indicates  his  genuine 
worth  and  popularity  among  those  who  knew  him  best.  His 
dignified  and  fearless  demeanor  upon  the  bench,  combined 
with  his  sound  judgment  and  learning,  commanded  the  ad- 
miration and  esteem  of  the  members  of  the  bar  whose  lot  it 
was  to  practice  before. 

He  served  as  judge  until  the  spring  of  1897,  when  he  re- 
signed to  accept  the  appointment  by  President  McKinley,  to 
the  office  of  Solicitor  of  the  United  States  Department  of 
State.  It  was  in  this  new  field  of  labor  that  Judge  Penfield 
had  his  first  opportunity  to  fully  demonstrate  his  great  abil- 
ity, and  prove  his  fiber.  He  served  in  that  capacity  through- 
out President  McKinley's  terms,  and  was  reappointed  by 
President  Roosevelt,  as  the  highest  acknowledgement  of  his 
ability  and  great  utility. 

During  the  critical  days  and  events  of  the  last  years  of 
Spanish  rule  in  Cuba,  the  Spanish-American  War,  the  Philip- 
pine Insurrection,  and  the  P>oxer  War,  with  the  exception 
of  Secretary  John  Hay  and  later  Secretary  Day,  no  person 
stood  closer  to  the  president  than  did  Mr.  Penfield.  Upon  him 
devolved  the  responsibility  of  preparing  the  opinions -and  state 
papers  pertaining  to  those  questions.  As  indicative  of  how 
well  he  performed  those  duties,  and  the  high  esteem  in  which 
he  was  held  by  his  superior  officials,  he  was  appointed  by  the 
president  to  represent  the  United  States  before  The  Hague 
permanent  arbitration  court,  in  the  controversy  with  Mexico 
over  the  "Pious  Fund  Case  of  the  Californias,"  this  being 
the  first  case  to  be  tried  before  the  tribunal.  He  was  later 
appointed  by  the  president  to  represent  the  United  States 
in  the  Venezuelan  Arbitration  before  The  Hague  Tribunal, 
in  100.3.  It  will  be  recalled  that  this  arbitration  had  its 
origin  in  a  controversy  which  arose  over  certain  claims  of 


DEPARTMENT  OF  LITERATURE,  SCIENCE  AND  ARTS    179 

Great  Britain,  Germany  and  Italy,  against  Venezuela  anil 
following  the  blockading  of  the  ports  of  Venezuela  by  those? 
three  powers  in  1892,  and  the  purpose  was  to  settle  priority 
of  the  claims  of  those  three  powers  on  the  one  side,  and  the 
claims  of  Venezuela,  the  United  States,  Mexico,  Spain, 
France,  Belgium,  the  Netherlands  and  Sweden  and  Norway 
on  the  other  side. 

Mr.  Penfield  has  also  been  counsel  for  the  United  States 
in  international  arbitration  cases  of  the  United  States  against 
San  Domingo,  Peru,  Haiti,  Nicaragua,  Guatemala  and  Sal- 
vador; securing  awards  for  the  United  States  which  amount- 
ed more  than  $2,000,000,00. 

After  serving  his  government  faithfully  as  solicitor  for  up- 
wards of  ten  years,  during  which  time  some  of  the  most  deli- 
cate international  questions  of  the  history  of  our  government 
were  settled  with  credit  to  the  United  States,  he  resigned  in 
1905  and  opened  a  law  office  in  Washington  City,  to  practice 
international  law. 

Aside  from  his  legal  work,  Judge  Penfield  has  been  a  great 
student  of  general  literature,  and  has  to  a  large  extent  mas- 
tered the  leading  European  languages.  He  not  only  has 
written  many  able  articles  on  legal  subjects  for  magazines, 
but  has  been  the  author  of  many  intellectual  articles  and  es- 
says in  different  literary  magazines  and  periodicals,  and  dur- 
ing the  last  few  years  he  has  delivered  lectures  on  interna- 
tional law  in  the  University  of  Washington. 

For  two  years  his  son,  Walter,  was  in  partnership  with 
him,  and  of  valuable  assistance  to  him.  Walter,  as  we  like 
to  think  of  him,  is  well  known  here  and  commands  the  re- 
spect of  a  wide  acquaintance.  Miss  Blanche  is  also  at  home. 

Judge  Penfield's  eminence  was  of  a  type  which  money  can- 
not purchase,  close  application  and  persistent  effort,  combined 


180  CLASS  OF  70,  UNIVERSITY  OF  MICHIGAN 


with  strong  ability.  Whether  in  public  or  private  life,  as  law- 
yer, judge  or  official,  he  was  true  to  duty  and  the  trust  reposed 
in  him.  He  was  quiet  and  dignified  in  temperament  and  yet 
of  a  genial  disposition,  which,  combined  with  his  broad  erudi- 
tion and  sound  judgment,  commanded  the  confidence  and  es- 
teem of  those  who  came  in  contact  with  him.  He  was  a  man 
toward  whom  we  loved  to  point  and  say,  "He  was  from  Au- 
burn." 

Judge  Penfield's  son,  Walter  Scott  Penfield,  continues  the 
law  business  at  the  office  in  the  Colorado  building,  Washing- 
ton, D.  C.  He  is  a  graduate  (B.  A.)  of  Michigan  and  LL.  B. 
from  Washington  University.  Was  appointed  consulting  at- 
torney to  the  Panama  Legation,  Washington,  and  counsel  in 
arbitration  as  to  boundary  dispute  between  Costa  Rica  and 
Panama,  1912  ;  same  to  Dominican  Legation,  and  in  arbitra- 
tion as  to  boundary  dispute  between  Hayti  and  the  Domini- 
can Republic.  Was  attorney  for  Nicaraguan  Legation,  1911- 
13. 

AARON  PERRY,  B.  S.,  M.  S.,  LL.  B. 

Born  in  Oakland  County,  Mich.,  November  11,   1848.     Died 
at  Pontiac,  Mich.,  February  12,  1920. 

Class  Letter. 

Pontiac,  Mich.,  January  25,  1878. 

The  Class  Letter,  I  confess  brings  to  me  sadness  as  well 
as  joy.  Wylie  and  Blackburn,  poor  fellows!  Here  is  their 
jolly  greeting,  alas !  The  last  they  will  ever  give  us  and  all 
these  messages  have  been  delayed  too  long  ever  to  greet  the 
mortal  eyes  of  poor  Wylie. 

After  graduation  I  spent  the  first  summer  recruiting  my 
physical  system,  and  the  next  fall  entered  upon  the  task  of 


DEPARTMENT  OF  LITERATURE,  SCIENCE  AM>  ARTS    181 

teaching  the  "Ortonville  Academy"  for  the  school  year.  The 
next  school  year  I  taught  "Ovid  Union  School."  The  next 
fall  was  elected  to  the  state  legislature  (lower  house).  After 
the  close  of  the  session  I  went  to  Muskegon  to  take  local 
charge  of  the  harbor  improvements  at  that  place.  Was  as- 
sociated with  Wells  as  U.  S.  Asst.  Engineer  and  with  Bird 
and  Mickle  as  contractors.  From  Muskegon  went  to  A.  A. 
and  read  law  until  an  extra  session  of  the  legislature  was 
called  in  March,  after  which  I  entered  the  law  office  of  Judge 
Baldwin  at  Pontiac  and  spent  the  summer  and  fall  in  study- 
ing law.  Was  defeated  that  fall  for  county  clerk  of  Oakland 
county  by  the  aggravatingly  small  majority  of  11  votes.  (The 
villains!)  Went  up  Salt  River  and  to  A.  A.  in  November 
and  graduated  in  law  the  following  March.  Spent  the  sum- 
mers of  1875-6  at  Sand  Beach,  Mich.,  in  U.  S.  service  with 
"Dixie"  Gilbert.  Since  then  in  law  with  Judge  Taft  under 
name  of  "Taft  &  Perry."  Married  Miss  Sadie  Hoffman  in 
1873.  Our  boy  is  talking  about  going  to  college. 

PERRY. 

Aaron  Perry,  oldest  practicing  attorney  at  Pontiac,  Mich., 
and  one  of  its  most  honored  citizens,  died  at  the  home  of  his 
nephew,  Jacob  Perry,  in  that  city,  Thursday,  February  12, 
1920.  He  was  71  years  of  age. 

His  illness  and  death  were  the  result  of  a  gradual  break- 
down in  physical  strength,  which  had  been  in  progress  for 
two  years.  After  an  extensive  trip  through  the  west  the 
previous  summer  he  enjoyed  distinctly  better  health  until 
after  the  holidays,  but  about  two  weeks  before  his  death,  be- 
came ill  with  a  cold  and  fever.  After  a  few  days  he  seemed 
better,  and  even  attended  to  some  business  matters,  but  a 
week  later  his  growing  weakness  compelled  him  to  take  to 


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his  bed.  Monday  he  was  removed  to  his  nephew's  home. 
Tuesday  he  showed  marked  improvement  and  Wednesday 
morning  was  still  better,  but  about  noon  his  condition  sud- 
denly changed  and  he  grew  rapidly  weaker.  A  congestion 
of  the  lungs  rapidly  developed,  and  by  night  it  was  apparent 
that  he  had  but  a  few  hours  to  live.  His  son,  Stuart  H. 
Perry,  of  Adrian,  who  himself  was  convalescent  from  an  ill- 
ness, was  able  to  reach  .his  bedside  while  he  still  was  con- 
scious and  able  to  converse.  The  next  day  he  grew  steadily 
weaker  and  at  three  o'clock  passed  quietly  away.  The  fun- 
eral services  were  held  from  All  Saints  Episcopal  Church,  the 
Oakland  County  Bar  Association  attending  in  a  body  as  hon- 
orary pallbearers. 

Aaron  Perry  was  born  on  a  farm  in  Oakland  county,  Mich., 
November  11,  1848,  the  youngest  of  eight  children  of  Abram 
and  Sophia  Andrews  Perry.  His  father,  a  native  of  Warren 
county,  N.  J.,  came  to  Michigan  in  1836,  his  mother  being  a 
native  of  Genesee  county,  N.  Y.  His  mother  died  when  he 
was  two  years  old  and  he  lost  his  father  when  he  was  fifteen 
years  of  age. 

From  his  father's  estate  he  received  $700,  which  with  ad- 
ditional borrowed  money  he  expended  in  obtaaining  an  edu- 
cation. After  attending  the  Clarkston  union  school  he  entered 
the  University,  where  he  was  graduated  in  the  cfass  of  1870 
with  the  degree  of  Bachelor  of  Science.  He  was  an  active 
member  of  the  Adelphi  literary  society  and  one  of  the  speak- 
ers at  the  second  sophomore  exhibition. 

Returning  to  his  home  county,  he  entered  politics  in  the  fall 
of  1870,  lacking  one  vote  of  obtaining  the  Democratic  nom- 
ination for  state  representative.  He  taught  that  school  year 
at  the  Ortonville  (Mich.)  Academy,  and  in  1871-2  he  was 
superintendent  of  the  union  school  at  Ovid,  Mich. 


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In  the  famous  Greeley  campaign  of  1872,  he  was  elected  to 
the  state  legislature  and  with  five  others  formed  th^  Demo- 
cratic minority  in  that  body.  At  the  close  of  the  session  in 
1873  he  went  to  Muskegon  to  take  charge  of  harbor  improve- 
ment work  under  his  former  classmate,  C.  M.  Wells.  In  the 
fall  of  that  year  he  entered  the  Law  department  of  the  Uni- 
versity, but  left  in  the  following  March  to  attend  a  special 
session  of  the  legislature  called  for  the  purpose  of  submitting 
a  new  state  constitution. 

In  the  fall  of  1874  he  was  a  candidate  for  county  clerk, 
being  defeated  by  11  votes  out  of  10,000  cast — a  reverse  which 
he  later  often  alluded  to  as  a  piece  of  good  fortune  because  it 
led  him  to  resume  his  work  in  the  law  department  of  the 
university,  where  he  was  graduated  the  following  spring. 

The  two  following  summers  he  spent  at  Sand  Beach,  Mich., 
superintending  certain  harbor  improvement  work  then  in 
progress.  The  winters  he  spent  at  Pontiac  in  the  office  of 
Judge  Augustus  G.  Baldwin,  then  one  of  the  leaders  of  the 
Michigan  bar.  In  the  fall  of  1876  he  took  an  active  part  in 
the  Tilden  campaign  on  the  Democratic  side,  shortly  after- 
wards entering  a  law  partnership  with  Judge  Levi  B.  Taft, 
which  was  later  joined  by  Samuel  W.  Smith,  who  afterwards 
served  in  Congress  from  that  district.  A  few  years  later 
Mr.  Perry  withdrew  from  the  partnership  and  practitced  alone 
for  many  years.  From  1896  to  1900  his  son,  Stuart  H.  Perry, 
was  associated  with  him,  and  afterwards  for  a  short  time  Ross 
Stockwell,  now  Judge  of  Probate,  was  the  junior  member  of 
the  firm  of  Perry  &  Stockwell.  Nineteen  years  ago  with 
James  H.  Lynch  he  formed  the  firm  of  Perry  &  Lynch,  which 
continued  until -Mr.  Perry's  death. 

The  only  public  offices  held  by  Mr.  Perry  were  those  of 
prosecuting  attorney  and  city  attorney,  he  having  served  in 


184  CLASS  OF  70,  UNIVERSITY  OF  MICHIGAN 

the  latter  capacity  for  a  number  of  terms.  He  was  twice  de- 
feated for  office — once  when  a  candidate  for  circuit  judge  and 
one  when  running-  as  a  delegates  to  the  state  constitutional 
convention,  his  district  being  overwhelmingly  Republican.  He 
was  a  delegate  to  the  Democratic  convention  at  Baltimore  in 
1912,  being  an  "original  Wilson  man,"  and  taking  an  active 
part  in  favor  of  Wilson's  nomination. 

A  man  of  spotless  integrity,  gentle  disposition,  and  incap- 
able of  malice  or  lasting  resentment,  he  commanded  at  once 
the  respect  and  love  of  those  with  whom  he  came  in  contact. 
Xo  Pontiac  citizen  ever  took  a  more  conscientious  view  of 
public  matters  or  a  deeper  interest  in  his  home  city  than  he, 
and  there  were  few  notable  occasions  when  Mr.  Perry  was  not 
called  upon  to  speak.  He  was  always  a  strong  advocate  of 
public  improvements,  particularly  parks  and  playgrounds. 
He  was  a  charter  member  of  the  Oakland  County  Hospital 
Association,  and  was  an  active  member  of  the  Chamber  of 
Commerce,  Pioneer  Society  and  other  local  organizations. 
For  many  years  before  his  death  he  had  been  president  of  the 
Oakland  County  Bar  Association,  and  was  also  the  dean  of 
the  bar  in  length  of  service. 

In  the  forty-four  years  that  Mr.  Perry  was  engaged  in  the 
practice  of  law  in  Pontiac  he  participated  in  a  very  large 
number  of  important  cases  in  the  state  and  federal  courts. 
While  an  able  and  successful  trial  lawyer,  his  greatest 
strength  lay  in  his  profound  and  accurate  knowledge  of  the 
law,  his  skill  in  briefing  cases,  and  his  success  in  difficult  and 
unusual  legal  problems.  He  was  especially  well  versed,  in 
the  laws  pertaining  to  probate  matters,  and  appeared  in  a 
great  number  of  important  cases  involving  wills  and  estates. 
His  extensive  knowledge  of  municipal  and  corporation  law 
also  caused  him  to  be  retained  by  many  public  bodies  as  well 


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as  private  corporations.  Only  five  days  before  his  death, 
though  very  weak  from  illness,  he  insisted  on  going  to  his 
office  to  perfect  a  bonding  resolution  for  a  new  county  build- 
ing, turning  over  the  finished  resolutions  to  the  committee. 
This  was  his  last  legal  work. 

A  man  of  broad  culture  and  wide  reading,  his  studies  were 
by  no  means  confined  to  the  law.  In  addition  to  his  large 
law  library,  he  had  a  private  library  that  was  especially  rich 
in  scientific  and  historical  works.  For  many  years  he  special- 
ized in  the  study  of  geology  and  microscopy,  and  had  an  ex- 
tensive collection  of  works  on  these  and  kindred  subjects,  be- 
sides a  large  and  scientifically  valuable  collection  of  fossils 
collected  in  his  travels  in  all  parts  of  the  country  and  abroad. 
He  wrote  occasionally  upon  scientific  subjects,  one  of  his  pa- 
pers being  entitled  "Surface  Geology  of  Oakland  County," 
describing  the  land  formations  of  the  county  and  their  origin. 

He  had  traveled  extensively  in  this  country,  Central  Amer- 
ica and  Europe,  spending  several  months  abroad  with  Mrs. 
Perry  in  1908.  He  also  was  a  great  lover  of  nature,  devoting 
much  attention  to  the  cultivation  of  flowers,  shrubs  and  veg- 
etables. His  last  trip  was  made  in  the  summer  of  1919,  a 
two-months'  excursion  with  the  National  Editorial  Associa- 
tion to  the  Pacific  and  the  Canadian  northwest. 

On  Christmas  day,  1873,  Mr.  Perry  married  Sallie  Hoffman 
of  Pontiac.  She  had  been  one  of  his  assistants  in  the  Ovid 
high  school  and,  sharing  his  literary  tastes,  they  found  a  wide 
field  of  mutual  sympathy  and  pleasure.  Her  death  in  1918 
was  a  blow  from  which  he  did  not  recover  and  he  began  at 
once  to  fail  noticeably  in  health,  though  retaining  an  optim- 
istic view  of  life  and  his  keen  interest  in  all  public  matters. 

They  had  one  child,  Stuart  H.  Perry,  now  editor  and  owner 
of  the  Adrian  (Mich.)  Daily  Telegram,  who  way  graduated 


18(>  CLASS  OF  'TO,  UNIVERSITY  OF  MICHIGAN 

from  the  University  of  Michigan  with  the  degree  of  A.  B.  in 
1894  and  LL.  B.  in  1896.  After  practicing  law  four  years 
with  his  father  he  entered  journalism,  first  as  editor  of  the 
Pontiac  Press,  then  as  proprietor  of  the  St.  Johns  (Mich.) 
News,  acquiring  his  present  newspaper  property  in  1907.  He 
is  prominent  among  the  publishers  of  the  state,  and  for  the 
last  ten  years  has  been  president  of  the  Michigan  Daily  News- 
paper Association.  In  1919  he  received  from  the  University 
of  Michigan  the  honorary  degree  of  Master  of  Arts  for  con- 
structive editorial  work  during  the  period  of  the  war. 

REV.  MAXWELL  PHILLIPS,  B.  D. 

Born  on  a  farm  near  Chester,  111.,  May  13,  1841. — Died  at  Al- 
bany, Oregon,  May  5,  1920. 

Norman,  Okla.,  March  20,  1914. 
Dear  Classmates: 

I  have  your  January  circular,  per  secretary. 

So  you  want  more  of  my  history.  Some  great  man  (I  forget 
who)  said  "Happy  is  that  people  that  has  no  history."  If 
this  applies  to  individuals,  and  it  seems  that  it  should,  then 
I  am  very  happy;  as  Topsy  "just  growd,"  so  I  have  just 
lived.  Neither  have  wealth  nor  glory  to  show.  The  Good 
Book  says:  "The  glory  of  old  men  is  their  gray  hair."  But 
nature  grudges  me  even  that  glory,  for  at  73  my  hair  is 
scarcely  beginning  to  turn.  I  still  preach  for  pleasure,  and 
farm  for  a  living.  I  am  away  beyond  the  preacher's  dead 
line,  but  I  have  my  congregation  (union)  at  my  mercy,  as  I 
preach  like  Paul,  without  charge,  and  so  can  stay  as  long  as 
I  please.  I  have  also  the  sweetest  joy  of  a  preacher's  life 
to  see  that  God  enjoys  my  preaching  and  gives  some  fruit  in 
conversions. 


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I  have  had  12  children — nine  living,  7  boys  and  two  girls. 
My  oldest  son  is  in  the  Kansas  City  high  school  work  and  has 
five  children.  He  is  40.  My  youngest  son  is  9.  The  second 
son  is  in  the  real  estate  work  in  California  and  has  two  boys. 

My  third  son,  Harry,  is  a  missionary  in  my  old  field,  Mexi- 
co. Three  boys,  David,  Paul  and  Kenneth,  are  all  bigger 
than  I  am,  are  farming  and  studying.  Our  two  girls  11  and 
13  years,  today  represent  our  school  in  a  township  spelling 
contest. 

Wife  and  I  are  working  to  carry  the  burden  that  God  has 
given  us,  and  each  trying  to  lighten  the  other's  load,  but  in 
this  she  beats  me — as  women  generally  do. 

The  dawn  is  growing  brighter,  and  the  day  will  come. 

MAXWELL  P.  PHILLIPS. 

PHILLIPS— Rev.  Maxwell  Phillips  entered  his  heavenly 
rest  May  2,  1920,  leaving  a  widow,  seven  sons  and  two  daugh- 
ters. They  are:  Prof.  F.  L.  Phillips,  of  Kansas  City;  M.  E. 
Phillips,  of  Stockton,  Cal. ;  Rev.  H.  A.  Phillips,  of  Merida, 
Yucatan;  D.  V.  Phillips,  of  Oklahoma;  P.  C.  Phillips,  U.  S.  S. 
Clairton ;  Kenneth,  May  E.,  Margaret  F.,  and  Malcolm,  all  of 
Albany,  Ore.  There  are  also  nine  grandchildren.  He  was 
born  near  Chester,  111.,  May  13,  1841.  When  eighteen  years 
of  age  he  moved  to  Kansas,  and  was  the  first  student  of 
what  afterward  became  the  University  of  Kansas.  After  a 
year  at  Lawrence,  Kansas,  he  went  to  Salina,  and  when  he 
was  twenty-one  years  of  age  enlisted  as  first  lieutenant  in  the 
Third  Regiment  of  Indian  Volunteers.  He  received  three 
wounds  and  was  promoted  to  the  rank  of  captain.  At  the 
close  of  the  war  he  decided  to  enter  the  ministry,  and  entered 
the  University  of  Michigan.  After  three  years  his  health 
failed,  and  he  returned  to  Kansas  for  a  year,  then  entered 


188  ('LASS  OF  'TO,  UNIVERSITY  OF  MICHIGAN 

Lane  Theological  Seminary,  where  he  graduated  in  1872.  lie 
was  sent  as  a  missionary  to  Mexico  City.  After  a  year  there 
he  went  north  to  Toluca,  and  later  to  Zacatacas.  At  Quere- 
tero  he  was  mobbed  and  very  severely  wounded.  While  at 
Zacatacas  he,  with  Rev.  Dr.  H.  C.  Thompson,  published  a 
Spanish  newspaper,  La  Antorcha  Evangelica,  and  he  com- 
piled a  Spanish-Greek  dictionary.  After  this  he  spent  a  short 
time  in  Yucatan,  then  went  to  Mexico  City,  where  he  taught 
Greek  and  history  in  the  Presbyterian  College  for  several 
years.  Later  he  engaged  in  missionary  work  in  New  Mexico. 
After  leaving  his  Spanish  work  he  farmed  for  a  while  in  Kan- 
sas, then  again  returning  to  the  ministry,  he  held  several 
charges  in  Kansas  and  Oklahoma.  Then  for  eleven  years  he 
farmed  in  Oklahoma,  preaching  also  in  schoolhouses  when  his 
health  permitted.  A  severe  attack  of  Spanish  influenza  com- 
pelled him  to  remove  to  the  milder  climate  of  Oregon.  The 
funeral  services  were  conducted  by  Dr.  W.  P.  White,  assist 
ed  by  Dr.  W.  H.  Lee,  Dean  of  Albany  College. 

SAMUEL  B.  PRICE,  A.  B.,  LL.  B. 

Born  in  Branchville,   Sussex  Co.,   N.  J.,   April   20,   1847. 

Address:  1727   N.   Washington   St.,   Scranton,   Penn. 

(Continued  sketch  from   1903.) 

From  that  time  to  the  present  have  been  engaged  in  the 
practice  of  law  in  the  City  of  Scranton. 

My  older  son,  C.  B.  Price,  graduated  from  Princeton  in 
1906,  studied  law  in  my  office  until  1909,  when  he  was  ad- 
mitted to  practice  on  examination.  During  the  period  of  his 
legal  studies,  he  spent  one  summer  at  Ann  Arbor  in  the 
summer  school.  My  younger  son,  J.  H.  Price,  after  gradual- 


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ing  from  Blair  Presbyterian  Academy,  entered  Princeton  Uni- 
versity and  was  there  during  freshman  and  sophmore  years 
a  portion  of  the  time.  His  health  was  not  good  in  either  year. 
In  1907  he  entered  the  University  of  Michigan  and  graduated 
with  the  class  of  1909,  literary  department,  and  in  the  law 
class  of  1911.  He  returned  to  Scran-ton,  was  examined  by 
the  State  Board  and  admitted  to  the  Bar  in  1912.  Since  that 
time  we  have  been  associated  in  the  practice  of  law. 

Continued  with  the  Scranton  Savings  Bank  until  that  bank 
was  merged  with  the  Scranton  Savings  &  Dime  Bank  in  1913. 
Was  president  from  1897  until  the  merger,  and  became  im- 
mediately a  director  of  the  new  institution  and  remained  a 
director  until  1915,  when  I  refused  a  re-election  and  asked  that 
someone  be  elected  in  my  stead.  Director  of  Scranton  Trust 
Company  from  its  organization  until  the  present  time. 

Manager  of  the  Scranton  library  from  its  inception  in  1889 
until  January,  1920,  and  was  president  of  the  Board  of  Man- 
agers for  the  last  two  years.  Served  six  terms  of  five  years 
each,  and  last  December  requested  that  some  other  person  be 
appointed  in  my  stead. 

Have  been  offered  nomination  for  Congress,  also  for  judge. 
Was  nominated  by  Democratic  convention  in  1910  for  Lieuten- 
ant Governor.  Have  declined  in  each  instance  to  become  a 
candidate,  preferring  private  life  and  the  practice  of  law. 

HENRY  CLAY  RIPLEY,  C.  E.,  DR.  ENG. 

Born  on  a  farm  in  Town  of  Broadalban,  Montgomery  Co., 
N.  Y.,  July  15,  1845. 

Address:    2236    Cadillac    Ave.,    Detroit,    Mich. 

July,  1903,  found  Ripley  executing  a  contract  of  $200,000 
with  the  U.  S.  Government,  for  the  construction  of  a  stone 


190  CLASS  OF  '70,  TXIVKKSITY  OF  MICHIGAN 

jetty  at  Aransas  Pass,  Texas.  This  contract  was  completed 
in  September,  1904. 

The  plan  of  this  work  was  designed  by  a  board  of  Engineers 
of  which  Ripley  was  a  member.  It  consisted  of  a  jetty  of 
curved  form  extending  across  the  bar  and  was  designed  to 
produce  results  with  a  single  jetty,  instead  of  two  and  thereby 
saving  half  the  cost  of  the  improvement.  This  jetty  was  par- 
tially completed  by  a  private  corporation  for  whom  it  was 
designed,  but  on  account  of  financial  conditions  its  comple- 
tion was  delayed  and  finally  the  work  was  turned  over  to  the 
government  without  compensation,  with  the  tacit  understand- 
ing that  the  government  would  complete  the  improvement. 
However,  the  army  engineers,  to  whom  this  work  was  en- 
trusted, were  opposed  to  the  plan  from  the  start.  It  was  not 
designed  by  an  army  engineer  and  that  was  enough  to  con- 
demn it.  Congress  insisted,  however,  that  the  plan  should  be 
tried  out.  Ripley  had  been  before  the  Rivers  &  Harbors 
Committee  of  the  House  and  the  Commerce  Committee  of  the 
Senate,  to  explain  the  theory  upon  which  the  plan  was  based 
and  the  members  were  so  favorably  impressed,  that  when  the 
appropriation  was  made,  it  was  stipulated  that  the  funds 
should  be  expended  in  the  completion  of  the  work,  as  designed 
for  the  private  corporation,  known  at  that  time,  as  the  Aran- 
sas  Pass  Harbor  Co. 

P>efore  this  appropriation  was  made,  however,  it  was  so 
apparent  to  the  Army  Engineers  that  Congress  intended  to 
accept  a  proposal  of  Ripley  and  his  associates,  to  execute  this 
work  for  a  fixed  sum  with  a  guarantee  of  a  channel  depth  of 
20  feet,  on  the  no  cure  no  pay  basis,  similar  to  the  contract 
awarded  to  James  P>.  Eads,  for  the  improvement  of  the  South 
Pass  of  the  Mississippi  River,  that  the  Chief  of  Engineers 
went  before  the  committees  above  mentioned  and  promised 


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them  that  if  the  work  were  left  in  the  hands  of  the  Army  En- 
gineers the  plan  would  be  carried  out  in  good  faith. 

This  promise,  however,  did  not  prevent  the  Chief  of  En- 
gineers from  appointing  an  officer  in  charge  of  the  work,  whose 
every  effort  seemed  to  be,  to  prevent  completion  of  the  work, 
by  violation  of  the  specifications,  which  resulted  in  an  un- 
necessary waste  of  material  and  increasing  cost  to  the  con- 
tractor. This  violation  of  the  specifications  was  so  flagrant, 
that  as  soon  as  Ripley  had  completed  his  contract  he  insti- 
tuted suit  against  the  government  in  the  court  of  claims  and 
after  seven  years  of  litigation,  in  which  the  case-  went  to  the 
Supreme  Court,  Ripley  was  awarded  judgment  in  the  sum  of 
thirteen  thousand  dollars  in  round  figures. 

During  the  execution  of  his  contract  Ripley  lived  at  Rock- 
port,  Texas,  14  miles  from  Aransas  Pass  and  after  its  com- 
pletion he  moved  with  his  family  to  Galveston.  This  was  in 
September,  1904,  and  in  November  Ripley  was  engaged  by 
Mr.  Percival  Farquhar,  who  represented  some  New  York 
capitalists,  to  go  to  Para,  Brazil,  to  investigate  the  conditions 
of  the  improvement  of  the  port  with  a  view  to  take  over  a 
concession  which  had  been  granted  to  Joao  Augusto  Cavallero, 
a  Brazilian  and  who  wished  to  dispose  of  it  to  some  one  with 
sufficient  capital  to  finance  the  enterprise  and  execute  the 
work. 

In  accordance  with  this  arrangement  Ripley  went  to  Para 
and  spent  about  three  months  in  making  the  investigation 
including  tentative  plans  and  estimates  of  cost  of  the  contem- 
plated improvement,  from  data  furnished  by  the  Brazilian 
government. 

Ripley  then  went  to  Rio  de  Janeiro  to  help  in  the  negotia- 
tion for  the  transfer  of  the  concession  to  Mr.  Farquhar.  Be- 
fore results  were  reached,  however,  the  Cavallero  concession 


1J)2  (1LASS  OF  'TO,   I'NIN  KKSITY  OF  MICHIGAN 

expired  and  the  government  granted  the  concession  to  another 
Brazilian — Demetrio  Ribeiro.  This  complicated  the  situation 
so  that  at  the  end  of  ten  months'  negotiation,  no  agreement 
was  arrived  at.  ]n  the  meantime,  Ripley  was  engaged  in  the 
examination  of  several  other  Brazilian  ports  including  Seara, 
Pernambuco,  Bahia  and  Rio  Grande  do  Sul  which  were  being 
offered  to  concession.  In  case  of  the  latter  port,  Ripley  made 
a  thorough  investigation  of  the  resources  of  the  state.  In 
company  with  one  of  the  state  officials,  he  went  over  all  of  the 
railroad  lines  and  up  some  of  the  rivers  where  traffic  was  most 
extensive.  He  also  made  plans  and  estimates  for  the  im- 
provement of  the  port. 

This  concession  was  granted  to  the  late  Mr.  Elmer  L.  Cort- 
hell  together  with  a  contract  for  the  improvement  of  the 
channel  across  the  bar  at  the  mouth  of  the  Rio  Grande  River, 
which  is  the  sea  entrance  to  the  port,  on  the  "no  cure  no  pay" 
basis. 

This  work  being  finished'  and  there  being  no  immediate 
prospect  of  the  concession  for  Para  being  granted  in  the  im- 
mediate future,  Ripley  returned  to  the  United  States  reaching 
New  York,  December  13th,  and  Galveston,  December  22nd, 
1905,  after  an  absence  of  more  than  13  months.  He  had  not 
been  at  home,  however,  but  a  few  days,  when  he  was  sub- 
poenaed as  a  witness  in  the  Green  &  Gaynor  suit  at  Savan- 
nah, Ga.  Ripley  was  occupied  on  this  case  from  January 
10th,  1006,  to  April  6th,  as  expert  witness.  Mrs.  Ripley  and 
his  little  son  Racine,  were  with  him  in  Savannah  during  this 
time.  Having  returned  to  Galveston  on  April  Oth  with  Mrs. 
Ripley  and  Racine,  Ripley  left  on  the  12th  of  the  same  month 
for  Guatemala  to  make  an  examination  of  the  Port  of  Iztapa 
on  the  Pacific  Coast  of  that  republic.  This  trip  was  made 
from  New  Orleans  bv  steamer  to  Puerto  Barrios,  T>v  rail  and 


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horseback  and  coach  to  Guatemala  City  and  thence  by  rail  to 
San  Jose  and  thence  in  canoe  to  Iztapa,  arriving  April  27th. 
The  examination  finished,  Ripley  left  for  New  York  by  steam- 
er to  Salina  Cruz,  Mexico,  thence  by  rail  via  City  of  Mexico 
and  Galveston  to  New  York,  where  his  report  was  prepared 
and  preparations  made  to  leave  for  Para,  Brazil,  to  make  a 
survey  of  that  port,  the  concession  having  been  granted.  In 
accordance  therewith  he  sailed  from  New  York  for  Para  on 
May  27th,  arriving  at  the  latter  place,  June  llth,  1906.  The 
work  here  consumed  two  months'  time  and  on  the  12th  of 
August,  Ripley  left  Para  for  Rio  de  Janeiro  where  the  field 
notes  were  plotted  and  plans  and  estimates  for  the  port  im- 
provement were  to  be  made.  This  trip  from  Para  to  Rio  took 
12  days  and  was  very  interesting.  The  steamer  stopped  en 
route  at  the  following  ports :  Maranhao,  Parnahiba,  Ceara, 
Natal,  Pernambuco,  Maceio,  Bahia  and  Victoria.  Between 
these  two  latter  ports  many  whales  made  their  appearance 
and  one  of  them  came  so  close  to  the  steamer  that  he  could 
have  been  shot  with  a  rifle.  The  spouting  of  these  immense 
mammals  was  indeed  an  interesting  sight.  There  must  have 
been  a  plentiful  supply  of  whale  food  in  this  locality. 

On  December  12th,  1907,  Ripley  left  Rio  for  Para  on  the 
steamer  Ceara,  arriving  at  the  latter  place  on  December  25th 
after  ,an  uneventful  voyage  of  nine  days'  duration. 

Upon  arrival  at  Para,  Ripley  found  an  epidemic  of  yellow 
fever  raging  amongst  the  contractor's  force  employed  on  the 
work  and  twelve  men  had  already  succumbed  to  the  disease 
and  five  more  died  later.  These  deaths  were  among  the 
more  recent  arrivals  from  England,  mostly  mechanics  and 
foremen.  These  losses  greatly  crippled  the  work  and  for  a 
time  hardly  anything  could  be  done,  because  many  of  the  con- 


104  ('LASS  OF  70,   r.NIVKKSITY  OF  MICHIGAN 

tractor's  head  men  who  had  been  imported  from  England  be- 
came frightened  and  would  not  remain. 

On  the  26th  of  February,  1908,  Ripley  was  stricken  with  a 
severe  case  of  intestinal  gastritis  which  made  it  necessary  for 
him  to  return  to  the  United  States  for  recuperation.  As  soon 
as  he  was  able  to  travel  therefore,  he  took  passage  on  the 
steamer  Obedience,  which  sailed  for  New  York,  March  22nd 
and  arrived  April  1st.  Arriving  in  Chicago  on  April  4th, 
Ripley  spent  a  quiet  six  weeks  with  his  family. 

Then  having  recovered  sufficiently  from  his  late  illness  to 
return  to  Brazil,  Ripley  left  Chicago  May  15th,  1908,  accom- 
panied by  Mrs.  Ripley,  Loraine  and  Racine.  They  took  pas- 
sage in  New  York  on  the  steamer  Velasquez  for  Rio  de  Jan- 
eiro, which  sailed  May  20th,  arriving  in  Rio  June  9th.  On 
the  17th  of  October,  1908,  Ripley  left  Rio  for  Sao  Francisco 
do  Sul  in  the  state  of  Santa  Catharina,  to  make  a  survey, 
plans  and  estimates  for  the  improvement  of  that  port.  Mrs. 
Ripley,  Loraine  and  Racine  remained  in  Rio,  the  latter  attend- 
ing a  missionary  school.  The  work  in  connection  with  the 
Sao  Francisco  do  Sul  project  consumed  about  four  months* 
time  including  two  months  at  Rio  Grande  do  Sul  where  the 
plans  and  estimates  were  made.  This  work  being  finished 
Ripley  returned  to  Rio,  sailing  from  Rio  Grande  do  Sul  Feb- 
ruary 16,  1909,  and  reaching  Rio  de  Janeiro  four  days  later. 

On  May  3,  1909  Loraine  and  Racine  returned  to  the  United 
States,  sailing  on  the  steamer  Byron,  which  left  Rio  on  that 
date  for  New  York.  Their  ultimate  destination  was  Cin- 
cinnati, Ohio,  where  their  brother  Birch  was  located. 

On  June  18,  1909,  Ripley  left  Rio  for  Para  accompanied  by 
Mrs.  Ripley,  where  they  arrived  on  July  1st. 

One  month  spent  in  Para,  Ripley  again  returned  to  Rio. 
ing  July  31st,  on  the  steamer  Ceara.  It  was  the  captain 


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of  this  steamer,  Jose  Maria  Pessoa  who,  as  captain  of  the 
steamer  Alagoas  took  Don  Pedro  II  to  Europe  when  he  was 
deposed  and  exiled  from  Brazil  some  years  ago.  It  was  upon 
that  occasion  that  the  Emperor  gave  Capt.  Pessoa  a  gold 
watch  and  pictures  of  himself  and  family.  The  watch  was 
engraved  inside,  when  translated  into  English  "From  Don 
Pedro  and  family  to  Capt.  Pessoa"  and  the  pictures  were 
autographed  by  the  Emperor  and  his  family. 

This  trip  from  Para  to  Rio  took  fourteen  days,  although 
the  distance  is  but  2,500  miles.  The  numerous  ports  entered 
and  long  delays,  therein  consumed  much  of  the  time  enroute. 

From  this  date  until  April  18,  1910,  Ripley  remained  in 
Rio  and  on  that  date  he  and  Mrs.  Ripley  set  sail  on  the  steam- 
er Vasari  for  New  York,  for  a  five  months'  vacation  in  the 
states.  They  arrived  in  New  York  on  the  5th  of  May  and  in 
Cincinnati  on  the  6th,  where  they  were  met  by  Birch,  Lor- 
aine  and  Racine,  who  were  living  there  at  that  time. 

Ripley  attended  the  annual  convention  of  the  American  So- 
ciety of  Civil  Engineers  at  Chicago,  June  20th  to  24th,  1910. 
The  balance  of  his  vacation  was  spent  in  Ann  Arbor  and  on 
August  15th,  he  and  Mrs.  Ripley  started  on  their  return  trip 
to  Brazil,  leaving  New  York  on  the  steamer  Vasari,  on  the 
20th  of  August  and  arriving  in  Rio  de  Janeiro  September  6th, 
1910. 

For  the  following  two  years  and  nine  months,  or  until  June, 
1913,  Ripley  remained  in  Brazil  as  advisory  engineer  to  Dr. 
Carlos  Sampaio,  the  representative  for  the  company  (with 
which  Ripley  was  connected)  in  matters  about  which  the 
Brazilian  government  had  to  be  consulted. 

One  of  the  most  important  works  undertaken  by  the  com- 
pany, was  for  the  deepening  of  the  entrance  to  Rio  Grande 
do  Sul.  The  concession  for  this  work  had  been  granted  to 


196  CLASS  OF  '70,  UNIVERSITY  OF  MICHIGAN 

the  late  Mr.  Elmer  L.  Corthell,  the  distinguished  civil  engi- 
neer, who  at  the  time  of  his  death,  was  serving  as  President 
of  the  American  Society  of  Civil  Engineers.  By  consent  of 
the  Brazilian  government,  Mr.  Corthell  transferred  his  rights 
in  the  concession  to  a  company  controlled  by  French  capital- 
ists, who  financed  the  enterprise,  and  who  appointed  him  as 
Chief  Engineer  of  the  work.  Mr.  Corthell's  plan  for  the 
work  was  designed  to  secure  a  navigable  channel  of  10  meters 
(32  feet)  depth.  This  plan  consisted  of  two  straight  parallel 
Jetties  extending  from  the  shore  to  and  across  the  bar  which 
obstructed  the  entrance.  These  jetties  were  estimated  to 
cost  some  20  Contos  gold  (about  $10,000,000,000)  and  the  con- 
cession was  based  upon  this  estimate  although  the  company 
was  to  be  paid  only  upon  depths  secured  and  the  final  pay- 
ment was  to  become  due  when  the  10  meter  channel  was  se- 
cured ;  but  was  to  be  paid  only  after  the  channel  had  been 
maintained  for  twenty  years. 

While  the  plan  contemplated  two  straight  parallel  jetties 
the  concession  provided  that  the  plan  could  be  modified  in 
any  way  that  seemed  desirable,  as  the  work  progressed. 

The  course  of  the  jetties  was  approximately  south  and  work 
was  commenced  on  the  west  jetty  first.  Before  construction 
on  the  east  jetty  was  commenced,  Ripley  proposed  to  Mr. 
Corthell  a  modification  of  the  plan,  which  would  consist  of  a 
single  curved  jetty  to  take  the  place  of  the  east  jetty  and  work 
on  the  west  jetty  to  be  suspended  indefinitely.  This  pro- 
posal was  promptly  rejected  by  Mr.  Corthell  without  giving 
the  matter  any  serious  consideration.  It  may  be  said  in 
justification  to  Mr.  Corthell,  that  he  may  have  considered  him- 
self morally  bound  to  carry  out  the  two  jetty  project,  in  view 
of  his  representations  to  the  government,  that  two  jetties 
were  necessary  to  secure  and  maintain  the  channel  required. 


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Be  that  as  it  may,  work  was  continued  on  the  west  jetty  in 
accordance  with  the  two  jetty  plan,  but  in  1911  Mr.  Corthell 
resigned  as  Chief  Engineer  and  Mr.  Edouard  Quellennec  was 
appointed  to  that  position.  Mr.  Quellennec  is  the  leading 
civil  engineer  of  France.  He  was  recommended  by  the 
French  government,  to  President  Roosevelt  for  a  member  of 
the  International  Panama  Canal  Commission  and  was  so  ap- 
pointed. It  now  seemed  opportune  for  Ripley  to  again  pre- 
sent his  plan  for  a  single  curved  jetty  for  Rio  Grande  do  Sul 
bar  improvement.  He  therefore  took  the  matter  up  with  Dr. 
Sampaio  who  was  so  impressed  with  it  that  he  requested  Rip- 
ley  to  present  the  matter  to  Dr.  Francisco  Bicalho,  the  chief 
engineer  for  the  Brazilian  .government.  Accordingly  ar- 
rangement was  made  by  Dr.  Sampaio  for  a  meeting  and  Rip- 
ley  explained  the  plan  to  Dr.  Bicalho.  The  whole  conversa- 
tion was  in  the  Portugese  language,  as  Dr.  Bicalho  did  not 
speak  English,  and  it  lasted  about  one  hour.  After  it  was 
finished  Dr.  Bicalho  said  that  he  believed  Ripley's  scheme 
would  be  successful  and  at  a  great  saving  in  the  cost  of  the 
work,  but  that  the  government  should  get  the  benefit  of  the 
saving. 

In  June,  1912,  Mr.  Quellennec  arrived  from  Paris  and  Rip- 
ley  had  an  opportunity  to  present  the  matter  to  him.  In  the 
meantime  since  Mr.  Corthell's  resignation,  the  location  of  the 
two  jetties  had  been  changed  and  the  plan  modified.  The 
west  jetty  was  moved  further  west,  abandoning  the  work 
theretofore  done,  and  the  east  jetty  was  rooted  some  consid- 
erable distance  further  east,  the  line  converging-  towards  the 
west  jetty  until  the  bar  was  reached  when  its  course  \vas 
changed  by  a  gentle  curve  to  a  line  parallel  to  the  former. 

The  fir=t  conference  with  Mr.  Quellennec  on  the  Rio  Grande 
rln  Siil  bar  problem  was  had  on  June  7th,  and  after  Ripley 


CLASS  OF  'TO,  rxivKusrrY  OF  MICHIGAN 

had  presented  his  scheme  to  him,  Air.  Quellennec  said  "that 
he  thought  the  plan  would  succeed,  but  he  wanted  to  think  it 
over."  (From  Ripley's  diary  of  that  date).  Again  on  June 
14th,  Ripley  had  a  conference  with  Mr.  Quellennec  on  a  mat- 
ter relating  to  the  work  at  Para  and  Mr.  Quellennec  was 
asked  about  the  Rio  Grande  do  Sul  bar  problem  and  he  said 
"the  matter  was  a  difficult  one  and'  that  he  wanted  to  consult 
with  his  engineers  there".  The  only  doubt  in  his  mind  he 
said  was  "whether  the  channel  will  have  sufficient  width." 
To  meet  this  difficulty  Ripley  wrote  him  a  letter  giving  data 
and  reasons  why  the  single  curved  jetty  as  proposed,  would 
develop  a  channel  of  sufficient  width  for  navigation.  On 
June  17th  Ripley  met  Mr.  Quellennec  again  and  he  told  Rip- 
ley  that  he  had  read  his  letter  and  that  he  considered  it  a 
demonstration  that  the  single  curved  jetty  as  proposed  would 
develop  and  maintain  a  channel  of  sufficient  deptli  and  width 
for  all  the  needs  of  commerce.  These  details  are  given,  to 
show  how  slow  a  new  idea  is  in  penetrating  the  mind  of  even 
a  great  engineer. 

On  September  24th,  Mr.  Quellennec  sailed  for  Paris  and  at 
that  time  he  told  Ripley  that  he  intended  to  carry  out  the 
curved  jetty  plan  recommended  by  him  and  as  soon  as  he 
reached  Paris  he  would  take  up  the  whole  matter  with  the 
directors  of  the  company. 

This  plan  it  was  estimated  would  effect  a  saving  of  over 
six  million  dollars.  Ripley  naturally  felt  that  he  had  achieved 
a  wonderful  victory.  Imagine  then  his  disappointment  when 
on  March  3,  1913,  Ripley  was  advised  that  his  plan  had  not 
been  adopted,  because  there  was  no  one  willing  to  take  the 
responsibility  of  its  adoption. 

Ripley  learned  afterwards  that  the  real  reason  was,  that 
the  officers  of  the  company  did  not  have  the  courage  to  ac- 


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knowledge  to  the  bankers  furnishing  the  money,  that  there 
had  been  a  mistake  made  in  adopting  the  original  plan  of  two 
jetties  and  which  they  had  advised  the  bankers,  was  the  only 
plan  that  would  give  assured  results  and  which  had  been  ap- 
proved by  the  ablest  engineers  in  the  world.  Ripley  pre- 
dicts that  a  future  generation  of  engineers  will  be  using  the 
single  curved  jetty  for  the  improvement  of  ocean  oars  where- 
ever  it  is  applicable  and  wonder  why  it  was  not  universally 
adopted  a  generation  earlier. 

In  June,  1913,  the  University  of  Michigan  conTerred  upon 
Ripley  the  degree  of  Dr.  of  Engineering  and  in  March,  1916, 
he  was  made  a  member  of  Tau  Beta  Pi. 

Having  finished  his  work  in  Brazil,  Ripley  returned  to  the 
United  States  in  May,  1913,  and  located  in  Detroit,  where  he 
now  resides  at  2236  Cadillac  Ave.,  with  his  daughter  Loraine 
and  son  Racine.  His  dear  wife  departed  this  life  on  July  13, 
1919,  at  the  age  of  67.  His  son  Herbert  is  with  the  Chicago 
Sanitary  District  as  Asst.  Engineer.  Birch  is,  Asst.  Credit 
Manager  of  the  American  Laundry  Machinery  Company  of 
Cincinnati,  Ohio  and  Racine  is  salesman  for  Manning  Maxwell 
&  Moore  Inc.  of  New  York. 

DR.  WILLIAM  HENRY  SCHOCK,  B.  S.,  M.  D. 
Born  near  Easton,   Northampton  Co.,   Pa.,  January  21,   1846. 

Address:     Richfield,  Sevier  Co.,  Utah. 

From  1903  I  continued  at  the  ranch  at  Plateau,  Utah,  until 
1908,  when  having  disposed  of  it,  I  made  my  headquarters 
at  Richfield,  Sevier  Co.,  but  during  the  summer  I  have  spent 
a  considerable  part  of  the  time  in  the  mountains.  I  have  kept 
out  of  active  practice  in  town,  but  have  been  reasonably  busy 


200  CLASS  OF  '70,  UNIVERSITY  OF  MICHIGAN 

with  office  and  mail  prescribing  for  those  who  have  got  used 
to  my  ways  in  the  last  37  years. 

Events  jogged  along  evenly  until  a  trip  to  California  and 
Oregon  in  1910,  and  a  further  even  jogging  until  the  reunion 
of  '70  last  June.  This  being  my  first  visit  since  1870,  the 
change  in  the  University  was  certainly  noticeable,  but  on  the 
surface  the  things  that  most  appealed  to  me  as  practical  gains 
were  the  Michigan  Union  and  the  gymnasium. 

A  happening  somewhat  over  two  years  since  brought  in  its 
train  some  ideas  of  much  interest  to  me,  though  I  have  not 
come  to  any  definite  decision  as  to  their  general  practical 
value.  Their  value  to  me  is  marked  and  undoubted. 

Over  two  years  ago,  I  corralled  a  small  bunch  of  horses  at 
Coyoto,  70  miles  south,  tying  my  riding  animal,  Maj.,  inside. 
One  of  the  bunch  getting  in  Maj.'s  vicinity,  he  backed  up  sud- 
denly and  kicked.  The  horse  got  out  of  the  way,  but  I  was 
in  it,  petting  a  pacer  with  my  back  towards  what  was  doing. 
Maj.'s  hoofs  landed  on  my  hip  pockets  as  nicely  as  I  could 
have  placed  them,  and  I  was  just  near  enough  so  that  he  lifted 
me  off  my  feet,  sent  me  headlong  and  I  seemed  to  land  my 
whole  weight  on  my  left  cheek  bone.  When  healed,  the 
muscles  were  tied  down  by  scar  tissue,  and  the  irritation  of 
the  injury  was  without  doubt  the  cause  of  an  attack  of  acute 
diabetes  in  Feb.  1919. 

For  lack  of  digestive  tone,  a  marked  symptom,  1  began 
systematic  exercise,  which  had  as  effect  the  massaging  of  the 
digestive  organs  and  strengthening  the  abdominal  walls.  In 
ten  days  there  was  a  decided  digestitve  gain,  and  I  could  sense 
plainly  the  tensed  condition  of  the  abdominal  muscles.  My 
attention  was  some  way  called  to  my  breathing,  and  I  found 
the  first  inspiration  fairly  full  as  to  chest  expansion,  and  more 
full  as  to  contraction  of  diaphragm,  owing,  perhaps,  to  op- 


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position  to  expansion  of  the  tensed  abdominal  walls.  On  the 
relaxing  of  the  diaphragm  I  could  sense  distinctly  that  the 
abdominal  muscles  contracted,  thus  taking  part  in  expiration. 

This  alternate  reaction  of  diaphragm  and  abdominal  mus- 
cles was  in  action  the  first  respiration  I  noticed,  and  the  same 
full,  measured,  reactive,  entirely  involuntary  breathing  has 
continued  without  cessation  until  the  present  time.  I  have 
watched  hundreds  of  times  and  have  not  once  caught  myself 
taking  the  shallow  respirations  that  were  the  rule,  sitting 
quietly,  before.  I  had,  too,  been  practicing  deep  breathing 
for  months,  when  I  could  think  of  it,  but  with  no  indication 
of  the  formation  of  a  deep  breathing  habit. 

I  continued  the  systematic  exercise,  and  with  diet  and  the 
indicated  remedies,  I  improved  from  the  start,  though  none 
of  the  physicians  I  consulted  at  the  begining  gave  me  any 
encouragement. 

The  result:  Better  digestive  tone  than  for  all  the  years 
since  the  army  diet  (we  had  company  cooks  detailed  from 
the  ranks)  and  the  result  of  an  attack  of  malarial  typhoid  left 
me  with  chronically  impaired  digestion,  in  1864.  A  further 
gain ;  the  tensed  muscles  and  rhythmical  contraction  has  done 
away  with  the  tendency  to  abdominal  congestion,  has  brought 
about  equalized  circulation,  with  greatly  lessened  liability  to 
take  cold. 

I  count  myself  feeling  ten  to  twenty  years  younger  than  be- 
fore the  attack,  and  I  bear  no  gruge  to  Maj.  for  the  kicking; 
I  evidently  needed  the  jolt.  I  was  able  to  make  a  two  months' 
600-mile  buckboard  trip  to  the  Colorado  River,  starting  late 
in  last  November,  camping  out  when  necessary,  and  traveling 
or  working  every  day.  At  one  part  of  the  trip  we  had  to 
pack  out  twelve  to  fifteen  miles,  leading  our  pack  animals, 
(Maj.  was  one  of  them)  a  good  part  of  the  way,  over  mesas 


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and  crossing  half  a  dozen  box  canons  at  just  the  right  point. 

The  idea  of  a  continued,  involuntary,  reactive,  deep  breath- 
ing has  become  almost  an  obsession.  Taking  into  account 
the  mechanism  of  respiration  ;  the  countless  thousands  of  air 
cells,  each  with  an  open  avenue  to  the  air  piled  miles  high, 
the  blood  current  coming,  to  be  purified,  approximately 
equally  to  the  network  of  capillaries  surrounding  each  cell ; 
nature  surely  intended  that  we  should  breathe  deeply. 

Everyone  has  noticed  the  respiration  of  domestic  animals 
after  exertion;  the  marked  contraction  of  the  flank  muscles 
each  breathe;  their  respiration  is  reactive,  why  not  ours?  The 
almost  universal  shallow  respiration  is  certainly  abnormal, 
the  habit  is  one  of  the  penalties  we  pay  for  our  perfected  civ- 
ilization. 

Unused,  weakened  lung  tissue,  too,  is  one  of  the  factors  that 
place  pneumonia  and  tuberculosis  at  the  head  of  the  mortality 
list. 

How  to  break  the  habit !  Those  who  have  attempted  to  do 
so  by  occasional  voluntary  deep  breathing  have  found  it  a 
very  unsatisfactory  process  as  to  the  establishment  of  an  in- 
voluntary deep  breathing  habit. 

Is  there  a  shorter  way?  McComb,  of  the  Emanuel  Move- 
ment, in  "The  Power  of  Self-Suggestion, "  'states  that  habits 
have  been  broken  by  suggestion  to  the  subconscious  when  it 
is  taking' full  control  of  the  life  processes,  when  the  patient 
has  fallen  half  asleep. 

At  the  onset  of  my  attack  and  for  sometime  I  was  much 
interested.  The  trouble  and  my  methods  of  relief  were  on  my 
mind  the  last  thing  at  night  and  the  first  on  awakening.  Does 
self-suggestion  solve  the  question  ?  I  do  not  remember  as  to 
a  definitely  willed  self-suggestion,  nor  do  I  know  when  the 
reactive  breathing  habit  was  established.  Tt  was  there  when 


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my  attention  first  happened  to  be  called  to  it,  and  it  has  been 
continuous  since.  If  the  habit  can  be  generally  developed,  it 
will  be  well  worth  while.  Can  it  be  done?  Who  knows? 

Yours, 

W.  H.  SCHOCK. 

The  boys  were  delighted  to  see  Mr.  Schock  at  Ann  Arbor 
last  June.  He  called  on  our  Classmate  Mickle  in  Kansas  City, 
Mo.,  on  his  return  home  and  had  a  pleasant  visit  with  him. 

WALTER  BARLOW  STEVENS,  A.  M.,  LL.  D. 
Born  at  Meriden,  Conn.,  July  25,  1848. 

Address:     Three  Mile  Farm,  Burdick,  Kan. 

Mr.  Stevens  modestly  speaks  of  his  distinguished  career  as 
follows : 

The  vista  of  fifty  years  backward  impresses  me  with  the 
influence  of  my  classmates  upon 'me.  Realization  of  this  has 
grown  strong  in  the  recent  years.  When  I  entered  the  uni- 
versity the  idea  of  a  newspaper  career  hadn't  entered  my 
mind.  Nor  had  the  thought  of  making  books  on  historical  and 
biographical  lines.  In  fact,  plans  beyond  the  four  years  at 
Ann  Arbor  were  chaotic.  I  went  to  college  because  my  father 
had  done  so  before  me  and  because  my  mother  believed 
strongly  in  higher  education  and  because  I  wanted  to  keep 
on  when  the  end  of  the  high  school  course  came. 

In  Sophomore  year  the  class  of  '70  published  the  Oracle. 
The  editors  gave  place  to  something  I  had  written.  A  hith- 
erto undiscovered  germ  became  active.  I  had  entered  the  uni- 
versity staggering  under  "conditions"  because  of  utter  unpre- 
paredness.  Late  in  the  four  years  my  classmates  put  me  on 


204  CLASS  OF  '70,  I'XIVKKSITY  or  MICHIGAN 

the  editorial  staff  of  the  university  periodical.  This  brought 
me  for  a  school  year  in  close  association  with  Lovell,  Flem- 
ing and  Moses,  to  whom  I  owe  much  for  what  came  after- 
wards. The  smell  of  the  ink  and  the  rattle  of  the  presses 
those  afternoons  in  Real's  printing  house  were  incense  and 
music  to  me.  And  then,  to  add  to  the  impetus  toward  what 
was  to  be  my  future,  came  the  election  in  senior  year  as  class 
historian.  So  you  see  what  I  owe  to  my  classmates.  These 
distinctions  at  college,  as  it  seems  to  me  now,  were  entirely 
unsought  by  me.  I  was  never  a  politician.  I  was  not  a  can- 
didate for  class  honors,  in  any  active  sense,  but  I  took  the 
action  of  the  class  gratefully. 

There  were  other  circumstances  which  make  this  action  of 
the  class  and  its  influence  upon  my  future  stand  out  the  more 
significantly.  A  few  weeks  before  graduation  Professor 
Moses  Coit  Tyler  invited  me  to  call  at  his  house.  The  pro- 
fessor came  to  us,  you  remember,  in  Sophomore  year.  He 
inaugurated  the  custom  of  vQophomore  exhibitions,  three  of 
which  were  planned  with  a  dozen  or  so  of  our  class  as  speak- 
ers. At  that  time  I  was  still  working  off  those  pestiferous 
conditions  and  did  not  make  such  impression  on  the  professor 
as  to  be  considered  eligible  for  selection  as  one  of  the  fifty  or 
sixty  speakers.  But  the  class  had  elected  me  treasurer  and  it 
devolved  upon  me  to  collect  from  my  classmates  the  dollar 
per  to  meet  the  expenses  of  each  exhibition.  I  did  it,  but  the 
job  ought  to  have  cost  me  all  class  popularity  for  the  rest  of 
the  course.  The  money  came  easily  for  the  first  exhibition, 
which  was  a  novelty ;  not  so  freely  for  the  second.  And  when 
it  came  time  to  collect  the  tax  for  the  third  and  last  exhibi- 
tion, I  had  to  stand  at  the  door  and  bone  the  delinquent. 
Campau,  I  think  he  was,  made  an  appealing  talk  to  help  me 
out. 


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"Fellows,"  he  said,  "here's  Stevens,  who  hasn't  been  on  the 
list  of  speakers  for  any  one  of  these  exhibitions,  doing  his  best 
to  raise  the  money  for  the  cost  of  them.  We  oughtn't  to 
make  it  hard  for  him," — or  words  to  that  effect. 

\Yell,  I  was  more  fortunate  when  it  came  to  the  selections 
by  the  faculty  of  speakers  for  Junior  exhibition  and  Com- 
mencement. But  those  experiences  on  the  rostrum  of  the 
Methodist  church  didn't  inspire  me  with  a  drift  toward  any 
one  of  the  talking  professions.  I  hadn't  the  least  liking  for 
law  or  medicine  or  teaching.  Any  inclination  I  perhaps 
ought  to  have  had  for  my  father's  profession,  the  ministry, 
was  absent.  There  was  no  call  that  I  could  discover.  Jour- 
nalism, thanks  to  what  my  classmates  had  done  in  making  me 
one  of  the  editorial  staff  of  the  university  periodical,  was 
beckoning,  and  I  was  looking  for  the  line  of  least  resistance 
to  break  in  when  Professor  Tyler  took  the  interest  in  my 
future  to  invite  me  to  his  house.  Half  an  hour,  perhaps  it 
was  longer,  he  talked  to  me  about  my  plans  and  hopes.  His 
advice  was  as  strong  as  he  could  make  it  against  my  choice. 
He  had  tried  journalism  and  had  come  back  to  teaching.  He 
emphasized  the  unsatisfactory  conditions  of  newspaper  life 
then  prevailing.  He  predicted  disappointment  for  me  even  if 
there  was  some  measure  of  success.  And  between  the  sen- 
tences I  seemed  to  get  the  impression  that  the  professor  did 
not  believe  I  would  succeed.  Undoubtedly  Professor  Tyler 
was  sincere ;  his  interest  in  my  welfare  was  genuine  and 
prompted  by  real  kindness.  He  began  by  saying  he  under- 
stood I  was  thinking  of  a  newspaper  career  and  that  he  felt 
he  would  like  to  talk  with  me  about  it.  Then  followed  the 
earnest  conversation,  which  perhaps  ought  to  have  checked 
the  shove  toward  journalism  which  the  class  had  given  me, 
but  it  didn't. 


20(>  ("LASS  OF  70,  UNIVERSITY  OF  MICHIGAN 

A  few  months  ago  the  head  of  an  educational  institution 
wrote  to  me  asking  for  my  experience  on  what  had  been  of 
most  influence  in  determining  my  career.  Had  it  been  teach- 
ers, or  books,  or  schoolmates?  Looking  backward,  the 
thoughts  given  expression  above  came  to  me.  And  with  a 
feeling  of  gratitude  to  my  class,  which  is  stronger  than  ever 
now,  I  have  set  them  down. 

Two  weeks  after  graduation  I  was  getting  my  tryout  on  a 
St.  Louis  newspaper.  Connection  in  various  capacities  with 
the  press  was  continuous  for  thirty  years  and  more.  It  in- 
cluded seventeen  years  as  a  Washington  correspondent,  a 
term  as  president  of  The  Gridiron  Club,  travel  in  many  parts 
of  Xorth  and  Central  America  and  a  short  experience  as  a 
war  corespondent.  Then  came  unsought  election  to  the  sec- 
retaryship of  the  World's  Fair  at  St.  Louis,  which  position  I 
was  holding  when  our  previous  class  history  closed  in  1903. 

To  the  duties  of  secretaryship  were  added  those  of  director 
of  exploitation,  chief  of  press  and  publicity  and  superior 
juror, — making  me  a  kind  of  exposition  Pooh  Bah  before  the 
end. 

Two  series  of  travel  letters  written  for  the  Globe-Demo- 
crat by  me  had  been  reprinted  in  book  form  before  1901.  The 
World's  Fair  connection  led  to  magazine  writing  'and  more 
book  work.  Instead  of  getting  back  to  the  daily  newspaper 
as  a  regular  vocation  when  the  World's  Fair  ended,  I  was, 
without  my  seeking,  kept  busy  with  special  articles,  book- 
making  and  a  variety  of  secretaryships.  The  last  included 
s  cretaryship  of  the  National  Prosperity  Association,  organ- 
ized to  pull  the  country  out  of  the  financial  depression  of 
1907.  Another  executive  secretaryship  was  that  of  the 
Fourth  American  Peace  Congress,  which  seemed,  in  1912,  a 
lonf  step  toward  world  p°ace  and  which  elicited  from  Kaiser 


DEPARTMENT  OF  LITERATURE,  SCIENCE  AND  ARTS    207 

William  a  most  favorable  expression  of  his  alleged  purposes. 
A  delegation  went  from  the  congress  to  Berlin  and  received 
from  the  Kaiser  his  avowal  of  determination  to  avoid  war. 

Secretaryship  of  the  City  Plan  Commission  of  St.  Louis  in- 
cluded several  years  in  the  work  of  material  betterment  of  my 
adopted  city.  This  position  was  given  up  in  1916.  The  Kan- 
sas farm,  mentioned  in  a  former  class  history,  lured  and  be- 
came my  summer  home. 

The  books,  title  pages  of  which  bear  my  name,  are  chiefly 
of  local  character.  They  include  a  "History  of  St.  Louis,"  of 
which  two  editions  were  issued ;  a  "History  of  Missouri"  in 
two  volumes ;  a  "Life  of  Grant  in  St.  Louis" ;  "Recollections 
of  Lincoln,"  gathered  in  years  of  newspaper  work ;  "The 
Brown-Reynolds  Duel" ;  "A  Trip  to  Panama,"  several  biog- 
raphies, and  so  on ;  altogether  between  twenty  and  thirty 
books.  The  semi-centennial  of  the  Class  of  '70  finds  me  read- 
ing proof  and  putting  the  finishing  touches  to  a  so-called 
"Centennial  History  of  Missouri"  in  two  volumes  of  1,000 
pages  each.  This  making  of  books  has  come  to  me  without 
seeking  on  my  part.  I  seem  to  have  drifted  into  it  through 
the  initiative  of  those  who  have  known  me  long,  and  who, 
like  my  classmates,  discovered  something  which  I  did  not 
know  was  in  me  until  I  was  tried  out. 

Foreign  governments  have  their  own  ways  of  demonstrat- 
ing appreciation  for  service,  ways  which  previous  to  the 
world  war  were  not  highly  regarded  by  American  democracy. 
Belgium  bestowed  upon  me,  with  royal  diploma  and  decora- 
tion, the  Order  of  Chevalier  of  Leopold  ;  Italy  conferred  the 
Order  of  Knight  of  the  Crown ;  China,  one  of  the  higher 
classes  of  the  Dougle  Dragon  ;  Japan,  the  Order  of  the  Rising 
Sun ;  Germany,  the  Red  Eagle ;  France,  Officier  de  1'Instruc- 
tion  Publique ;  the  Philippine  government,  the  Medal  of 


208  CLASS  OF  '70,  TNIVKKSITV  OF  MICHIGAN 

Honor.  These  decorations  came  one  after  the  other  from 
1904  to  1910,  prompted  by  the  World's  Fair  relationships. 

In  1908,  Washington  University  conferred  the  degree  of 
LL.  D.,  which  was  the  more  highly  appreciated  for  the  words 
of  Chancellor  Frederic  A.  Hall  regarding  my  newspaper  ca- 
reer. 

This  semi-centennial  year  of  the  class  finds  me  serving  my 
fourth  year  as  president  of  the  State  Historical  Society  of 
Missouri,  at  the  same  time  holding  the  position  of  secretary 
of  the  Louisiana  Purchase  Historical  Association,  the  out- 
growth of  the  World's  Fair  of  1904.  More  calls  for  writing 
come  than  can  be  met.  Classmates  may  see  to  what  that  col- 
lege journalism  and  that  class  history  have  led.  My  only 
children  are  books.  I  am  of  Connecticut  birth ;  my  wife,  born 
Sarah  Rebecca  Thompson,  is  of  an  old  South  Carolina  family, 
daughter  of  a  Confederate  soldier.  The  family  relations  are 
such  as  to  discourage  undue  partisanship  in  politics.  Inherent 
love  for  the  soil  makes  the  months  on  the  farm  of  continuous 
fascination.  The  writing  jobs  and  winter  travel  in  the  South 
lend  variety.  And  so  the  "borrowed  time"  passes. 

Mr.  Stevens,  under  all  circumstances,  has  ever  been  loyal 
to  the  Class  of  'TO,  sacrificing  himself  for  its  best  interests 
and  promoting  its  good  reputation.  It  will  be  remembered 
that  the  class  arranged  for  a  meeting  place  and  headquarters 
in  the  Michigan  Building  on  the  fair  grounds  at  St.  Louis 
during  the  World's  Fair,  and  those  who  were  there  on  June 
28,  1904,  were  agreeably  surprised  to  receive  the  following 
invitation  : 


DEPARTMENT  OF  LITERATURE,  SCIENCE  AND  ARTS    209 

Universal   Exposition 
St.  Louis  U.  S.  A.  1904 
Administration  Building 

June  28,  1904 
To  the  Class  of  '70: 

Members  of  the  Class  of  'TO,  University  of  Michigan,  with 
their  wives,  sons  and  daughters,  are  invited  to  meet  on  the 
2nd  floor  of  the  West  Pavilion  at  5:30  P.  M.,  June  28th,  for 
a  class  reunion.  Dinner  will  be  served  at  6 :00  P.  M.  The 
West  Pavilion  is  within  three  minutes'  walk  of  the  Michigan 
Building. 

Very  truly  yours, 

WALTER  B.  STEVENS. 

Twenty-three  persons  responded,  and  it  is  needless  to  say 
that  we  received  a  most  cordial  greeting  and  were  sumptu- 
ously treated.  Those  present  were :  Bradley,  Darrow,  Moore, 
Bowman,  Baldwin,  Allyn,  Fearon,  Wells,  Le  Fevre,  Price 
Stevens,  Carter  and  members  of  their  families. 

William  Marion  Reedy,  in  The  Mirror,  speaking  of  Mr. 
Stevens  as  a  newspaper  man,  said  in  1908 : 

"One  of  the  world's  greatest  newspaper  men  was  and  is 
Walter  B.  Stevens.  He  ranks  with  the  great  reporters  of  the 
past,  McGahan,  'Bull  Run'  Russell,  Amos  Cummings,  Julian 
Ralph,  Frank  R.  O'Neil.  Of  them  all  none  had  the  flair  for 
news  better  developed,  none  had  more  of  the  genius  for  inspir- 
ing confidence  in  men  with  news  to  give.  'Steve'  never  be- 
trayed a  confidence  and  never  faked  a  line  for  a  newspaper. 
He  was  and  is  a  fiend  for  facts  and  he  arranges  them  without 
ornamentation  in  the  most  effective  fashion.  As  a  reporter 
on  the  old  St.  Louis  Times,  in  the  days  when  authorities  sup- 
pressed news,  he  was  the  despair  of  the  police.  He  always 


210  CLASS  OF  '70,  TXIVKKSITY  OF  MICHIGAN 

got  his  paper  the  news  that  the  police  most  especially  desired 
it  should  not  get.  As  Washington  correspondent  of  the 
Globe-Democrat  for  many  years  he  was  at  the  head  of  the 
profession.  He  never  indulged  in  windy  speculation  as  to 
events.  He  wrote  the  actual  news  and  indicated  the  course 
of  affairs  with  accuracy  because  his  information  always  came 
from  the  men  who  were  making  the  news.  Never  had  he  to 
back  water.  His  work  was  absolutely  passionless  and  un- 
prejudiced and  yet  his  very  simplicity  gave  to  what  he  wrote 
a  satisfying  sense  that  the  reader  had  the  truth.  He  had  a 
style  that  was  lucid,  but  not  dry.  He  handled  facts  with  an 
exquisite  sense  of  their  proper  relation  to  one  another  and 
this  gave  the  work  of  his  pen  a  force  and  a  charm,  too,  that  no 
reader  could  deny.  He  never  wrote  a  line  too  much  about 
anything.  When  he  had  done  with  a  story  there  was  nothing 
more  to  tell  and  nothing  materially  pertinent  had  been  left 
out.  He  described  men  and  things  with  the  clearness  of  a 
photographic  plate,  and  curiously  the  reader  saw  those  men 
and  things  with  a  clear  perception  that  in  the  very  arrange- 
ment of  what  separately  might  be  dry  and  bald  details  there 
was  an  implied  and  strongly  suggested  analysis  worth  more 
than  all  the  pretentious  'studies'  of  later  star  journalists.  He 
rarely  used  a  figure  of  speech.  He  never  put  himself  in  evi- 
dence in  an  article,  yet  his  aloofness  gave  the  article  the  more 
weight.  It  was  said  of  'Steve'  that  he  could  ride  through  a 
county  on  a  fast  train  and  write  seven  columns  of  interesting 
stuff  about  it.  He  could  make  anything  interesting,  a  trade 
report,  a  real  estate  bulletin,  a  bunch  of  statistics.  He  wrote 
up  the  Ozark  region  in  Missouri  in  a  way  that  added  millions 
to  its  values,  and  this  without  a  line  of  'fine  writing,'  with 
nothing  but  facts  keenly  observed  and  co-related  with  mar- 
velous skill.  I've  seen  him  at  the  head  of  a  dozen  men  'doing' 


DEPARTMENT  OF  LITERATURE,  SCIENCE  AND  ARTS    211 

a  national  convention,  before  the  proceedings  became  routine, 
come  in  at  night  with  more  of  the  news  of  what  had  been 
done,  was  doing  and  would  be  done  than  all  the  other  report- 
ers put  together.  He  could  see  more  of  the  right  men  on  a 
given  subject  in  less  time  than  a  whole  staff  of  writers  now 
working  with  phones  on  their  desks.  His  sources  of  informa- 
tion were  mysterious.  No  one  ever  saw  him  with  anybody. 
No  one  could  follow  him.  How  his  facts  came  to  him  was  a 
puzzle.  Yet  he  never  moved  furtively.  No  one  ever  saw  him 
rattled  or  piqued  or  in  a  hurry.  No  one  ever  heard  his  voice 
raised  above  a  thin,  clear  monotone.  He  operated  without 
haste  and  without  rest,  almost  always  with  a  smile.  He  seems 
made  to  mingle  inconspicuously  in  crowds,  with  his  almost 
colorless  grayness  of  tout  ensemble.  He  is  never  in  the  lime- 
light. So  when  he. was  Secretary  of  the  World's  Fair,  he  did 
not  change  a  particle.  He  was  always  working  noiselessly, 
unceasingly,  agreeable  to  everybody,  never  rushed  for  time, 
never  annoyed,  suffering  fools  gladly,  with  a  quiet  gray  smile. 
He  seemed  to  know,  to  see,  to  do,  everything.  He  was  a  giant 
man-of-all-work,  ever  ready  for  more ;  seemingly  not  only  a 
perfect  machine  for  order  and  system,  but  at  the  same  time 
carrying  everything  in  his  head  and  ready  in  response  to 
myriad  questions.  He  was  never  tired.  The  World's  Fair 
publicity  was  in  his  hands.  It  was  handled  in  a  new  way. 
There  were  no  circus  poster  methods,  no  fulgurous  proclama- 
tions, no  exaggerations.  The  literature  that  went  out  was 
fact-y,  simple,  clear,  unbumptious.  Those  who  believed  in 
brummagem  broadsides  and  highfalutin'  flubdub  thought  the 
Fair  wasn't  advertised.  They  were  mistaken.  It  was  adver- 
tised differently  from  others,  and  it  won  its  visitors  on  the 
substance  and  solidity  of  the  Stevens  method.  He  wasn't 
playing  for  'Pikers,'  but  for  people  who  wanted  to  get  some- 


212  CLASS  OF  'TO,  UNIVERSITY  OF  MICHIGAN 

thing  more  than  pleasure  out  of  the  exposition.  This  retiring 
man  was  a  pervasive  force  in  the  Fair,  hardly  second  to  Presi- 
dent Francis  or  Treasurer  Thompson.  He  had  nothing  to 
say  except  things  pertinent.  He  was  ready  to  do  anything 
that  didn't  fall  within  the  scope  of  some  other  man's  duties. 
When  -anyone  shirked,  'Steve'  was  there  to  take  hold.  And 
doing  it  all  as  easily  and  smoothly  and  modestly  as  if  it  were 
nothing,  and  never  making  an  enemy.  There  he  was — a  great 
force,  and  yet  with  something  curiously  impersonal  in  his 
force.  He  exerted  his  force  with  such  a  perfect  adjustment 
and  distribution  to  his  varying  purpose  that  everybody  yielded 
to  it  with  something  like  our  unconsciousness  of  the  forces 
of  gravitation  and  atmospheric  pressure.  The  silent  man  was 
back  of  the  reason  of  all  the  din  and  display  of  the  world's 
rendezvous  in  1904.  And  now  he  bends  his  powers  in  boost- 
ing the  town  in  articles  reminiscent  or  indicative  of  lines  of 
future  progress,  celebrating  commercial  opportunity  and  rev- 
eling in  such  data  of  advancement  as  are  poetry  to  the  'Big 
Cinch.'  There  never  was  a  better  example  of  'power  through 
repose.' 

Walter  Stevens  is  a  gentle  man.  He  is  a  moderate  man. 
He  has  no  high  lights,  no  dark  shadows.  His  manner  is  that 
of  the  ascetic,  but  with  the  true  ascetic's  cheerfulness.  He 
is  most  human  in  the  most  distinguishing  mark  of  man — 
laughter.  One  might  deny  him  imagination,  but  wrongly. 
He  has  the  higher  imagination,  like  an  astronomer.  He  can 
gather  and  put  together  facts  in  a  way  to  arouse  your  imag- 
ination, and  set  it  working  for  him.  He  can  assemble  dry 
things  and  give  them  juice,  make  dry  bones  live.  He  has  the 
ardor  of  the  scientist  in  searching  out  facts.  He  lives  in  an 
atmosphere,  self-created,  of  grey  and  seemingly  monotonous 
quiescence,  but  out  of  it  he  works  in  ways  that  surcharge  the 


DEPAKTMKXT  OF  LITERATURE,  SCIENCE  AND  ARTS    213 

dynamic  forces  of  others.  His  ways  are  those  .of  truth  and 
equanimity,  and  tcmperateness,  without  high  colors,  shrill 
tones  or  any  markedness  save  this  lack  of  mark.  His  passions 
and  affections  are  subdued  to  his  work.  He  moves  about  in 
a  world  well  realized,  but  in  a  way  not  to  attract  observation. 
He  is  patient  and  persistent,  lacking  fume  and  fretfulness.  He 
works  without  talk,  and  he  works  at  anything  that  helps.  He 
is  still,  but  not  cold.  He  wins  people  in  such  a  way  that  they 
really  don't  know,  because  he  doesn't  seem  to  care,  how  much 
they  like  him,  how  wholly  they  trust  in  his  Tightness,  how 
fine  are  the  qualities  that  exist  under  his  reserve.  He  is  'all 
there'  in  all  substantialities  of  character,  but  without  a  strain 
of  egotism  and  without  a  single  yearning  for  'fame."  He  lives 
for  the  work  there  is  to  do.  He  has  no  causes  to  'enthuse' 
for.  He  is  aloof  from  faction.  He  is  friendlier  with  all  than 
with  a  few.  St.  Louis  has  no  one  like  him,  no  one  so  widely 
yet  so  little  known,  no  one  who  has  done  so  much  for  the  city 
with  so  little  approval.  This  grey  man  in  his  neutral  grey 
atmosphere  is?  potently,  a  factor  in  all  the  splendor  of  material 
prestige  that  the  city  has." 

Chancellor  Frederic  A.  Hall,  dean  of  the  faculty  of  Wash- 
ton  University,  in  conferring  the  degree  of  Doctor  of  Laws 
on  Mr.  Stevens,  said: 

"This  gentleman  has  had  an  appreciable  influence  in  mold- 
ing the  public  press  through  a  long  life  devoted  to  the  collec- 
tion and  dissemination  of  current  news  and  to  the  diffusion 
of  wisely  considered  literary  articles.  He  is  one  of  those 
whose  saneness  of  judgment  and  clear  perception  of  the  val- 
uable has  had  a  good  influence  in  raising  the  moral  tone  of 
the  daily  press.  He  is  one  of  that  gallant  company  which  has 
brought  journalism  to  a  high  state  of  perfection.  The  chaste- 
ness  of  his  language,  his  high  ideals,  and  his  felicity  and  facil- 


214  ('LASS  OF  'TO,  TNIYKKSITY  OF  MICHIGAN 

ity  in  expression  have  called  to  him  the  approving  attention 
of  men  over  a  wide  territory." 

LEONARD  EMIAH  STOCKING,  Ph.  B.,  M.  D. 
Barn  at  Collinsville,  N.  Y.,  December  2,  1846. 

Address :     Agnews,  California. 

State  Hospital,  Agnew,  Cal.,  June  6,  1905. 

My  Dear  Carter: 

I  am  in  receipt  of  your  circular  letter,  and,  more  recently, 
of  your  postal  card  in  regard  to  the  re-union  of  old  'TO.  It 
grieves  me  more  than  I  can  tell  that  I  shall  not  be  able  on  that 
occasion  to  once  more  meet  face  to  face  the  "boys"  still  re- 
maining of  '70,  and,  with  hearty  greeting  and  glad  handshake, 
again  live  over  the  old  days  so  dear  to  us  all. 

One  of  the  greenest  spots  and  dearest  memories  in  my  life 
since  we  left  our  Alma  Mater  is  the  re-union  of  '90,  the  only 
one  I  have  ever  been  able  to  attend.  I  envy  our  "boys"  who 
have  been  able  to  meet  oftener  and  who  live  nearer  and  can 
now  meet  again.  I  am  compelled  to  be  here  on  June  15th,  and 
again  on  the  26th,  which  will  render  it  impossible  for  me  to 
go  east  this  month. 

Though  I  shall  be  a  long  ways  from  you  in  miles,  I  shall 
be  very  near  to  you  on  that  occasion  in  thought  and  spirit. 
I  wish  to  say  again,  as  I  have  said  before,  I  remember  as  my 
dearest  friends,  the  boys  of  '70  and  never  have  any  ties  out- 
side of  my  family  been  so  dear  to  me  as  those  of  '70. 

Please  extend,  dear  Carter,  to  the  "boys"  present,  my  cor- 
dial greeting  and  my  deepest  regret  that  I  am  not  able  to 
be  with  them,  join  in  accepting  Beman's  and  Brown's  hospi- 
tality, and  participate  in  all  that  a  re-union  of  '70  means.  Ask 


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the  "boys,"  as  they  sing'  the  old  songs,  recount  the  old  exper- 
iences, tell  how  the  world  has  used  them,  and  give  expression 
to  still  further  hopes  and  aspirations,  not  to  forget  "Stock." 

I  suppose  each  one  will  be  called  upon  to  give  an  account 
of  himself,  and,  perhaps,  it  will  be  proper  for  me  to  say  in 
regard  to  my  own  self  that  since  I  last  met  with  the  "boys"  in 
'90,  while  the  days  have  been  strenuous,  the  world  has  used 
me  well.  I  still  have  a  happy  family  of  my  wife  and  daugh- 
ter, and  my  own  health  has  continued  good  and  I  am  well, 
strong  and  vigorous.  Since  '90,  I  have  lived  in  California,  the 
land  of  sunshine  and  flowers  and  of  all  that  makes  life  worth 
living,  where  all  of  you  ought  to  spend  the  remainder  of  your 
lives  and  your  declining  years.  I  have  been  connected  with 
this,  the  Agnews  State  Hospital,  the  past  twelve  years  and 
am  its  chief  medical  and  executive  officer.  I  enjoy  my  pro- 
fessional work  and  hospital  service. 

In  closing,  I  wish  to  extend  a  most  hearty  invitation  to 
every  '70  boy  to  become  the  guest  of  myself  and  family  when- 
ever possible.  The  latch  string  has  never  ceased  to  be  out 
for  'TO  and  never  will  as  long  as  I  live.  A  visit  from  any  mem- 
ber of  '70  does  me  a  favor  and  gives  me  pleasure. 

God  bless  you  boys,  may  you  have  a  royal  good  time  at 
this  re-union,  continue  to  live  prosperous  and  happy  and  re- 
turn to  Alma  Mater  for  many  another  meeting.  I  shall  live 
in  hopes  that  I  may  be  actually  with  you  next  time,  as  I  am 
now  in  spirit. 

Fraternally  and  sincerely  yours, 

STOCKING. 


216  CLASS  OF  '70,  UNIVERSITY  OF  MICHIGAN 

Agnew,  Cal.,  June  9,  1906. 
My  Dear  Carter: 

Because  I  have  not  answered  your  very  kind  letter  of  May 
6th  earlier,  does  not  mean  that  I  did  not  appreciate  your 
thoughtful  inquiry  after  myself  and  family.  You  may  have 
concluded  that  the  report  in  the  papers  announcing  the  killing 
of  myself  and  family  in  the  earthquake  disaster  of  April  18th 
was  correct,  inasmuch  as  I  have  been  so  long  responding  to 
your  inquiry. 

At  the  time  of  the  disaster  we  were  in  the  second  story  of 
a  large  four-story  brick  building,  which  was  completely 
wrecked  and  crashed  down  all  about  us,  my  daughter's  room 
going  down  under  a  great  tower  a  moment  after  she  had  left 
it.  We  fortunately  escaped,  however,  with  very  little  per- 
sonal injury,  while  two  physicians  and  110  other  people  were 
killed.  You  can  easily  understand  why  I  have  not  written 
you  sooner  when  T  tell  you  that  all  the  buildings  of  this  Hos- 
pital, which  sheltered  1,200  people,  were  completely  wrecked 
in  less  than  half  a  minute.  The  responsibility  of  directing 
everything  pertaining  to  their  care  has  rested  upon  me.  I 
have  had  temporary  buildings  planned  and  constructed  and 
have  also  looked  after  the  matter  of  obtaining  an  appropria- 
tion from  the  Legislature  for  permanent  rebuilding.  That  I 
have  been  busy  you  will  understand,  and  that  I  have  delayed 
in  answering  your  letter,  you  will  excuse. 

It  seems  that  our  buildings  were  among  the  worst  wrecked 
by  the  earthquake ;  San  Francisco  (forty  miles  away)  was 
devasted,  as  you  know,  by  fire.  It  is  said  that  500  blocks 
were  burned,  the  largest  fire  ever  known.  The  devastation  it 
presents  cannot  be  understood  without  an  acquaintance  with 
the  city  before  and  seeing  it  now. 


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I  seldom  see  any  of  the  boys,  except  Baldwin,  who  lives 
only  twelve  miles  from  me,  and  whom  I  meet  occasionally. 
Have  not  seen  or  heard  from  him  since  the  quake,  but  since 
he  lived  in  a  region  where  it  did  but  little  damage,  I  suppose 
that  he  escaped.  It  was  a  pretty  lively  shake,  but  I  prefer 
California,  where  there  are  earthquakes,  to  your  country  with 
cyclones  and  blizzards. 

Am  sorry  I  could  not  attend  the  re-union  last  summer.  I 
know  those  of  you  who  were  there  had  a  most  enjoyable  time. 
I  wish  to  meet  more  of  the  boys  of  '70  and  have  hoped  that 
more  of  them  might  find  their  way  to  this  coast  and  call  on 
me.  Give  my  regards  to  any  of  the  boys  you  happen  to  meet 
and  tell  them  I  should  be  glad  to  extend  to  them  a  hearty 
"shake."  Come  and  see  me. 

Yours  most  sincerely, 

LEONARD  STOCKING. 

Agnew,  Cal.,  Nov.  26,  1919. 

My  Dear  Carter: 

I  am  in  receipt  of  a  copy  of  your  letter  to  the  boys  in  regard 
to  a  re-union  next  summer. 

It  would  please  me  beyond  expression  to  be  there  and  meet 
such  of  the  boys  as  are  still  with  us.  I  am  a  long  ways  away, 
and  at  this  time  cannot  promise  more  than  that  I  shall  make 
an  effort.  I  shall  keep  it  in  mind  in  my  planning  from  now  on. 

I  do  not  know  how  many  of  our  boys  are  left,  but  it  cer- 
tainly ought  to  be  a  great  pleasure  to  those  of  us  that  are  here 
to  meet  again  on  the  old  stamping  grounds.  While  the  Uni- 
versity has  changed  and  we  have  grown  older,  I  doubt  if  we 
have  any  of  us  changed  very  much,  and  I  think  we  would  find 
each  other  the  same  bovs.  Gilbert,  Blanchard  and  Wells,  of 


218  CLASS  OF  ?70,  UNIVERSITY  OF  MICHIGAN 

this  coast,  have  passed.  I  do  not  know  of  any  remaining  on 
this  coast,  except  there  may  be  Baldwin  and  Maltman.  How 
many  are  there  of  us  now?  I  am  so  far  away  that  I  seldom 
see  one  of  them. 

With  kind  personal  regards  to  yourself  and  family,  I  am 
Cordially  and  fraternally  yours, 

LEONARD  STOCKING. 


LUCIUS  BURRIE  SWIFT,  Ph.  M.,  LL.  D. 

Born  in  Yates,  Orleans  Co.,  July  31,  1844. 

Address:     716  E.  14th  St.,  Indianapolis,  Ind. 

His  ordinary  occupations  since  1903  are  quickly  disposed  of. 
He  has  steadily  continued  the  practice  of  law,  being  classed 
as  a  good  lawyer  with  a  large  and  profitable  practice.  He 
suffered  heavy  losses  in  traction  investments,  but  still  has  a 
competence  for  simple  living. 

Turning  to  other  activities,  he  closed  the  publication  of  the 
Civil  Service  Chronicle  in  1896,  after  the  defeat  of  Bryan, 
because  his  private  affairs  required  more  attention.  He  also 
felt  that  the  competitive  system  was  so  thoroughly  estab- 
lished that  it  could  not  be  overthrown,  and  that  has  turned 
out  true.  He  is  vice-president  of  the  National  Civil  Service 
organization  and  a  thorough  believer  that  the  sysirm  will  yet 
conquer  all  state,  city  and  county  government. 

His  intimate  association  with  Roosevelt,  which  began  in 
1888,  continued  to  the  end  and  is  a  glorified  memory.  When 
Roosevelt  was  President  it  was  Swift's  fortune  to  sit  at  times 
with  him  alone  on  the  side  porch  or  in  the  libiary  at  Oyster 
Bay  or  in  the  White  House,  and  there  hear  Roosevelt  upon 
the  more  intimate  national  matters ;  such,  for  instance,  as 


DEPARTMENT  OF  LiTEKATritE,  SCIENCE  AND  ARTS    219 

whether  to  send  the  fleet  around  the  Horn.  In  1908  Swift 
worked  for  the  nomination  and  election  of  Taft,  who  then 
went  over  to  the  Standpatters,  and  Swift  was  chairman  of 
the  Indiana  delegation  at  the  Bull  Moose  convention,  which 
nominated  Roosevelt  in  1912.  He  last  met  Roosevelt  in  1918 
at  the  commencement  of  Indiana  University  and  saw  a  broken 
man.  After  the  end  came,  Mrs.  Roosevelt,  writing  from 
France,  where  she  had  gone  alone  to  Quentin's  grave,  closed 
by  saying:  "He  loved  you  always." 

To  Swift  the  world  war  in  1914  was  the  beginning  of  an 
attempt  of  the  German  kaiser  to  gain  the  domination  of  the 
world;  it  was  a  blow  at  liberty  everywhere,  and  it  was  as 
much  the  fight  of  America  as  it  was  of  any  other  free  country. 
Swift  urged  this  view  from  the  first  day  of  the  war.  In  1915 
he  wrote,  "Germans  in  America,"  setting  out  the  nature  of 
the  kaiser's  government  and  his  object  in  the  war.  This  was 
written  for  the  benefit  of  the  'ninety  per  cent  of  Germans  in 
America,  who  at  first  seemed  to  want  the  kaiser  to  win.  The 
circulation  reached  forty  thousand  copies. 

Having  become  convinced  that  Americans  did  not  appre- 
ciate or  give  weight  to  the  real  foundations  of  their  liberty, 
such  as.  trial  by  jury,  habeas  corpus  and  representative  gov- 
ernment, as  distinguished  from  kaiserism,  he  attacked  the 
lack  of  teaching  of  the  stories  of  those  foundations  in  the 
schools  in  a  paper  before  the  American  Historical  Society  in 
1916.  He  presented  the  same  subject  later  before  many 
bodies,  and  finally  in  the  commencement  address  he  delivered 
at  Indiana  University  in  1917.  Then  the  matter  was  embodied 
in  a  booklet,  "America's  Debt  to  England."  He  is  now  en- 
gaged in  writing  out  the  stories  of  the  foundations  more  at 
length  in  the  hope  of  making  a  book  which  young  America 
will  read.  The  idea  is  to  compel,  not  only  Americans,  but 


220  CLASS  OF  '70,  UXIVKKSITY  OF  MICHIGAN 

imigrants,  to  realize  the  tremendous  chasm  between  govern- 
ment under  Anglo-Saxon  liberty  and  every  other  kind  of  gov- 
ernment in  the  world. 

When  America  finally  entered  the  war,  the  governor  of 
Indiana  nominated  Swift  a  member  of  the  district  draft  board, 
which  sat  at  Indianapolis,  and  he  became  its  chairman.  As  a 
Civil  War  veteran,  it  gave  him  immense  satisfaction  to  be 
able  to  take  such  an  active  part,  and  in  the  evening,  as  well 
as  in  the  morning  of  life,  to  serve  in  a  mighty  struggle  for 
liberty.  Twice  it  has  been  given  to  him  to  see  his  country 
put  forth  her  mightiest  efforts,  and  twice  he  has  seen  her 
army  march  home  with  victory  perched  upon  the  banner. 

This  has  been  Swift's  whole  life  since  1913,  when  we  speak 
of  living.  He  is  now  President  of  the  Board  of  Sanitary  Com- 
missioners of  Indianapolis,  which  is  building  a  sewage  dis- 
posal plant  for  the  city.  He  has  not  sought  after  honors,  but 
when  his  Alma  Mater  in  1919  conferred  upon  him  the  degree 
of  Doctor  of  Laws,  he  received  and  treasures  it  with  the 
deepest  gratitude. 

RUFUS  HILDRETH  THAYER,  A.  M.,  LL.  D. 
Born  at  Northville,  Wayne  Co.,  Mich.,  June  29,   1849 — Died 

July  12,  1917. 
Class  Letter. 

Washington,  D.  C.,  February  26th,  1875. 
Old   Pals: 

Carter,  having  robbed  the  files  of  the  Dead  Letter  Office 
and  sent  on  the  spoils  to  Fleming,  with  urgent  request  that 
all  the  boys  in  W.,  without  reference  to  age  or  sex,  should 
add  something  thereto,  I  present  herewith  what  little  respect 


DEPARTMENT  OF  LITERATURE,  SCIENCE  AND  ARTS    221 

I  have  left  for  the  old  clas.s.  I  howl  for  the  ''constitution  as 
it  was."  Seventy,  as  she  used  to  be  before  any  of  her  mem- 
bers laid  himself  liable  to  the  pains  of  paternity  or  divorce, 
comparing  notes  with  Fleming,  Adams,  Howe,  Meyendorff 
and  Baker  (who  are  now  in  \V.),  I  am  shocked  by  the  alarm- 
ing exhibit  of  over  half  of  the  old  boys  caught  in  that  noose, 
the  torments  of  which  are  so  heartrending  that  the  tender- 
hearted Bumpus  spares  us  the  narration  of  his  experience. 
To  those  who  are  left  untied  my  heart  warms.  Fleming  is 
yet  strong  in  the  faith,  though  I  fear  a  13  months'  jaunt  in 
Europe  has  somewhat  disfigured  that  fancy  moral  character 
of  which  you  know  he  used  to  be  SD  proud.  He  manifests 
occasionally  a  little  weakness  on  the  woman  question,  which 
is  almost  my  only  source  of  sorrow,  but  I  am  laboring  with 
him  with  all  the  fervor  of  one  whose  heart  is  in  the  cause. 
Adams  and  Michael  and  Howe  are  moving  about  among  the 
girls  and  really  cause  me  a  great  deal  of  anxiety,  but  Baker  is 
lost;  has  merged  himself  in  the  mob  and  has  entered  upon  the 
period  of  "coverture."  I  hope  it  is  unnecessary  for  me  to  say 
that  I  am  not  in  that  line  of  promotion,  but  shall  add  my 
physical  and  moral  ( ?)  weight  to  that  of  the  brave  minority. 
We  are  strong  in  the  justice  of  our  cause.  As  to  personal  his- 
tory, little  space  will  suffice. 

After  July  of  1870,  was  assistant  in  the  University  Library 
for  nine  months,  then  was  delivered  of  A.  A.  and  was  in  the 
Congressional  Library  for  three  months,  since  which  have  had 
a  clerkship  in  the  Treasury  Department.  Have  taken  a  two 
years'  course  in  the  Law  School  of  Columbian  University, 
admitted  to  the  bar  before  graduation,  and  am  now  law  clerk 
of  the  office  of  the  Supervising  Architect  of  the  Treasury  and 
member  of  the  law  firm  of  "Armes  &  Thayer."  Have  seen  a 
great  deal  of  cussedness  since  arriving  in  Washington,  but 


222  CLASS  OF  '70,  UNIVERSITY  OF  MICHIGAN 

we  six  "seventy"  men  are  doing  what  we  can  "to  save  the 
country." 

With  a  hearty  shake  to  all  and  the  warmest  wishes. 

RUFUS  H.  THAYER. 

Early  in  December,  1908,  President  Roosevelt  appointed 
Rufus  H.  Thayer,  of  Washington,  D.  C.,  as  judge  of  the 
United  States  Court  at  Shanghai,  China.  Mr.  Thayer  was 
not  an  applicant  for  the  position  and  his  selection  came,  there- 
fore, as  a  very  pleasant  surprise  to  him.  He  was  a  lawyer  of 
acknowledged  ability  and  fitness  for  the  position.  He  was 
a  member  of  the  bar  of  the  Supreme  Court  of  the  United 
States,  and  had  been  for  several  years  a  member  of  the  school 
board  and  one  of  the  trustees  of  the  Public  Library  and  sec- 
retary of  the  board ;  also  a  member  and  ex-president  of  the 
Cosmos  Club,  and  a  member  also  of  the  Chevy  Chase  and  the 
University  Clubs. 

Montrose,  N.  Y.,  Jan.  12,  1905.— Miss  Harriet  Isabella 
Barnes,  daughter  of  the  Hon.  William  Barnes,  of  Albany,  was 
married  at  noon  today  at  the  Church  of  the  Divine  Love  at 
Montrose-on-the-Hudson,  by  the  Rev.  Gouverneaur  Cruger, 
to  Mr.  Rufus  Hildreth  Thayer,  of  Washington,  D.  C. 

There  were  present  Mr.  and  Mrs.  George  C.  Hollister,  of 
Rochester;  Mr.  Thurlow  Weed  Barnes,  of  New  York;  Mr. 
and  Mrs.  William  Barnes,  Jr.,  of  Albany;  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Fred- 
erick W.  Seward,  the  Hon.  Samuel  R.  Thayer  (fbrmerly 
United  States  minister  at  The  Hague),  of  Minneapolis;  Mr. 
George  W.  Thayer,  of  Rochester,  and  Miss  Grace  Carter,  of 
Cooperstown. 

A  romance  that  began  two  years  ago  in  Alaska  thus  cul- 
minated. Judge  Thayer  is  a  brother  of  Daniel  R.  Thayer,  of 
Minneapolis,  former  Minister  to  Holland,  and  George  W. 


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Thayer,  of  Rochester.  He  is  a  prominent  jurist  of  Washing- 
ton. 

Mrs.  Thayer  is  a  sister  of  William  Barnes,  Jr.,  chairman  of 
the  Republican  State  Committee,  a  granddaughter  of  Thur- 
low  Weed  and  daughter  of  William  Barnes,  of  Albany.  Only 
the  families  of  the  bride  and  bridegroom  and  the  Seward  fam- 
ily were  present. 

After  the  ceremony  a  wedding  breakfast  was  given  at  the 
mansion  of  Frederick  W.  Seward,  former  acting  Secretary  of 
State  under  Lincoln,  Johnson  and  Hayes,  whose  magnificent 
estate  adjoins  the  village  of  Montrose.  Judge  Thayer  and 
Miss  Barnes  arrived  last  night  and  went  at  once  to  the  Sew- 
ard place,  where  arrangements  had  been  made  for  the  wed- 
ding which  unites  two  families  that  have  for  three  generations 
been  life-long  friends  of  the  Sewards. 

Judge  Thayer  arrived  in  Shanghai.  China,  February  24, 
1909,  and  assumed  charge  of  the  United  States  Court. 

May  15th,  1910. 

My  Dear  Carter: 

I  am  very  sorry  indeed  that  I  shall  not  be  able  to  be  at  Ann 
Arbor  at  our  class  re-union  next  month.  Please  give  all  the 
boys  my  warm  greetings. 

As  it  is  well  known  to  you,  on  January  1st,  1909,  I  was 
appointed  Judge  of  the  United  States  Court  for  China  and 
left  for  Shanghai,  China,  late  in  the  same  month  and  arrived 
here  the  latter  part  of  February  the  same  year.  I  have  found 
the  work  of  the  court  exceedingly  interesting  and  agreeable 
in  all  respects.  The  law  requires  me  to  visit,  at  least  once 
annually,  three  other  ports  in  China,  viz. :  Canton  in  South 
China,  Tientsin  in  North  China,  and  Hankow  in  the  interior, 


224  CLASS  OF  '70,  UNIVERSITY  OF  MICHIGAN 

and  authorizes  the  court  to  hold  sessions  at  any  city  in  China 
when  occasion  arises  where  the  United  States  has  a  consulate. 
Complying  with  these  provisions,  I  have  had  the  opportunity 
of  seeing  a  large  part  of  China  during  the  year  and  a  half  I 
have  been  occupying  this  office.  This  adds  variety  of  scene 
and  gives  opportunity  for  interesting  observations  in  this 
ancient  empire. 

The  court  was  organized  only  about  four  years  ago  and  is, 
therefore,  in  its  infancy.  The  body  of  law  which  it  applies  is 
uncertain  and  its  practice  and  procedure  are  as  yet  only  par- 
tially developed.  The  lawyers  of  the  class  will  thus  under- 
stand that  for  the  present  its  work  is1  largely  constructive.  I 
am  enjoying  it  very  much. 

Two  years  ago  this  summer  I  had  a  very  serious  attack  of 
appendicitis,  suffering1  two  dangerous  operations  and  spend- 
ing more  than  six  months  in  recuperation.  Prior  to  this,  from 
the  date  of  our  graduation,  I  had  enjoyed  perfect  health.  Re- 
covery from  these  operations  was  slow  necessarily,  but  I  am 
happy  to  say  that  I  am  now  nearly,  if  not  quite,  as  well  as 
before  that  attack.  Like  other  members  of  the  class,  I  assume 
that  my  youthful  physical  vigor  is  not  overmuch  in  evidence. 
However,  we  may  thank  God  that  we  have  all  yet  some  years 
in  which  we  may  reasonably  expect  to  be  able  to  do  good 
work,  and  for  you,  my  dear  Carter,  and  for  all  the  rest  of  the 
boys,  I  heartily  wish  good  health  may  continue  and  that  you 
are  all  so  placed  as  to  tranquilly  enjoy  the  remaining  years 
of  your  lives  respectively. 

I  recall  that  my  dear  classmates  in  those  old  undergraduate 
days  dubbed  me  "Judge."  I  construed  it  then  as  a  term  of 
partial  endearment  and  valued  it  accordingly.  It  stuck  to  me 
later,  and  after  many  years  it  became  at  times  exceedingly 
embarrassing.  It  was  not  until  my  appointment  to  this  office 


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that  I  could  hear  myself  addressed  as  "Judge"  without  blush- 
ing. Now  that  I  am  occupying  the  judicial  office  I  suffer  a 
deeper  concern.  I  am  made  anxious  to  fulfill  its  duties  so  as 
not  to  bring  disgrace  either  upon  the  class  or  myself. 

It  is  impossible  for  me  to  go  home  this  summer,  but  I  am 
looking  forward  to  a  visit  either  next  summer  or  the  follow- 
ing and  shall  then  hope  to  have  the  pleasure  of  meeting  some 
of  the  boys  at  least. 

With  cordial  greetings  to  all, 

Sincerely  yours, 

RUFUS  H.  THAYER. 

The  "Cablenews-American,"  at  Manila,  P.  L,  of  February 
2nd,  1912,  contains  the  following  item : 

One  of  the  most  distinguished  visitors  to  the  Carnival  and 
Exposition  this  year  is  Judge  Rufus  Hildreth  Thayer,  of  the 
United  States  Court  for  China,  who  arrived  on  the  Manchu- 
ria, and  is  the  guest  of  Vice  Governor  Newton  W.  Gilbert,  at 
his  home  on  Calle  Real,  Malate. 

Judge  Thayer,  whose  headquarters  are  in  Shanghai,  holds 
court  in  that  city,  Canton,  Tientsin  and  several  other  of  the 
larger  cities  of  the  empire,  and  is  now  on  his  way  to  Canton 
via  Manila,  where  he  will  hold  court. 

At  yesterday's  session  of  the  Supreme  Court,  presided  over 
by  Chief  Justice  Arellano,  with  all  numbers  present,  a  signal 
honor  was  conferred  upon  Judge  Thayer  by  the  Chief  Justice, 
who  invited  him  to  a  seat  on  the  bench  during  the  session  of 
the  court.  This  is  the  first  time  in  the  history  of  the  Supreme 
Court  of  the  islands  that  such  an  invitation  has  been  extended 
to  a  visiting  jurist.  Judge  Thayer  sat  to  the  right  of  the 
Chief  Justice  and  listened  with  interest  to  the  arguments  of 
Attorneys  Aitken  for  the  appellant  and  Ney  for  the  appellee 
in  the  case  of  Daywanet  vs.  Endencia. 


±2G  CLASS  OF  'TO,  UXIYKKSITY  OF  MICHIGAN 

During  his  stay  in  the  city  Judge  Thayer  will  be  the  recip- 
ient of  many  attentions,  the  first  of  which  will  be  a  dinner 
given  in  his  honor  at  the  Army  and  Navy  Club  next  Saturday 
night  by  Justice  Johnson,  of  the  Supreme  Court,  at  which 
will  be  present  many  distinguished  members  of  the  local 
bench  and  bar. 

In  conversation  yesterday  with  a  Cablenews-American  re- 
porter, Judge  Thayer  expressed  himself  as  delighted  with 
what  he  had  seen  of  Manila,  and  sorry  that  his  visit  would 
not  be  of  longer  duration.  He  sails  on  the  Manchuria  Sun- 
day morning. 

The  following  was  clipped  from  the  China  Press,  Shanghai, 
dated  May  9,  1912: 

Judge  Rufus  H.  Thayer,  of  the  United  States  Court  for 
China,  expects  to  sail  for  Dalny  on  the  Japanese  steamer  Kobe 
Maru  next  Monday  morning  early  and  will  visit  Mukden  and 
Harbin,  holding  a  short  term  of  court  at  both  places.  This 
will  be  the  first  time  since  its  organization  that  the  United 
States  Court  for  China  has  visited  Manchuria. 

Afer  disposing  of  the  court  business  at  Harbin,  the  Judge 
will  take  the  Siberian  express  for  London  to  meet  Mrs. 
Thayer.  Mrs.  Thayer  was  seriously  ill  for  several  months 
before  leaving  for  home  a  year  ago.  Her  recovery  has  been 
very  slow,  said  Judge  Thayer  yesterday,  and  she  is  only  just 
able  to  travel  to  London.  It  is  hoped  that  a  summer's  rest  in 
England  will  restore  her  health  so  that  she  may  be  able  to 
return  to  Shanghai. 

Woodstock,  N.  Y.,  June  30,  1917. 

(332  State  St.,  Albany,  N.  Y.) 
My  Dear  Carter: 

Your  announcement  of  Campbell's  death  is  received  and  re- 
minds me,  as  it  no  doubt  has  you,  that  the  Grim  Reaper  is 


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at  his  work  industriously  with  our  Class.  And  why  not?  Cer- 
tainly time  is  speeding  wonderfully  and  we  can  no  longer  con- 
ceal that  we  are  in  the  old  man's  class.  I  drop  you  a  line  just 
to  assure  you  that  I  am  still  alive.  While  in  fairly  good 
health  and  pretty  cheerful,  I  have  no  difficulty  in  furnishing 
evidence  of  increasing  age.  My  home  is  now,  and  will  be  for 
a  few  years,  at  the  Albany  address  as  above.  The  interpolated 
address  is  my  summer  home,  where  I  shall  be  for  three  or 
four  months.  I  have  some  judicial  work  on  which  I  am  en- 
gaged at  Kingston,  a  nearby  town,  and  am  spending  my  sum- 
mer in  the  Catskill,  which  I  find  most  agreeable. 

I  have  seen  none  of  the  boys  recently.  I  spent  a  few  very 
delightful  days  with  Le  Fevre  in  Peking  the  year  before  I 
returned  from  China,  and  in  1914  (January),  was  in  N.  Y. 
City  for  a  couple  of  months ;  had  most  delightful  visits  with 
Tweedy  and  Noble  only  a  few  months  before  their  deaths, 
which  were  great  shocks  to  me,  especially  because  of  my  re- 
cent pleasant  and  interesting  talks  with  them.  They  were 
both  fine  fellows,  as  you  know,  and  had  developed  into  splen- 
did men.  It  is  too  bad  that  we,  who  are  left,  can't  meet  often 
and  exchange  reminiscences  and  views  of  life,  and  cheer  each 
other  up  and  say  "God  speed"  as  we  move  on  down  the  hill. 

T  hope  you  and  Mrs.  Carter  enjoy  good  health  and  that  life 
is  treating  you  well.  Do  you  come  east  occasionally?  I  wish 
you  did  and  that  we  might  manage  to  meet  some  time.  With 
very  warm  regards, 

Sincerely  yours, 

RUFUS  H.  THAYER 

Kingston,  N.  Y.,  July  12,  1917.— Rufus  Hildreth  Thayer,  of 
Albany,  who  was  Judge  of  the  United  States  Court  at  Shang- 
hai, from  1909  to  1913,  and  former  Judge  Advocate  General 
of  the  National  Guard  of  the  District  of  Columbia,  died  here 


228  u         CLASS  OF  >70,  UNIVERSITY  OF  MICHIGAN 

today  several  hours  after  he  had  been  stricken  with  apoplexy. 
He  was  serving  as  a  member  of  the  Schoharie-Shandaken  Con- 
demnation Commission  under  a  recent  appointment. 

Judge  Thayer  was  born  at  Plymouth,  Mich.,  June  29,  1850, 
the  son  of  Rufus  and  Hersilora  Thayer,  who  were  both  of 
New  England  ancestry.  Judge  Thayer  was  graduated  from 
the  University  of  Michigan  in  1870,  some  of  his  classmates 
being  United  States  Supreme  Court  Justice  Day,  Judge  Pen- 
field,  former  Solicitor  of  the  State  Department ;  Dr.  Bernard 
Moses,  of  the  University  of  California,  and  Alfred  Noble,  the 
engineer. 

After  graduation.  Judge  Thayer  was  appointed  assistant  to 
the  Librarian  of  Congress;  he  studied  law,  and  graduated  in 
1874.  He  was  appointed  a  law  clerk  in  the  Treasury  Depart- 
ment, where  he  remained  for  ten  years.  He  resigned  in  Cleve- 
land's first  administration  to  practice  law  in  the  firm  of 
Thayer  &  Rankin.  In  December,  1908,  he  was  appointed 
Judge  of  the  United .  States  Court  in  China  by  President 
Roosevelt.  He  retired  in  December,  1913. 

ALEXANDER  THOMSON,  B.  S.,  LL.  B. 

Born  on  Griggsville  Prairie,  Pike  Co.,  111.,  May  2,  1844 — Died 
at  Clackmas,  Oregon,  December  28,  1904. 

Class  Letter. 

Clackmas,  Oregon,  Feb.  16,  1879. 

I  have  received  the  Class  letter;  glad  to  hear  from  you  all 
once  more.  Business  at  once:  the  summer  of  '70  spent  on 
farm  in  Illinois.  In  the  fall  I  returned  to  law  school  at  A.  A. 
Next  summer  read  in  law  office  of  E.  Sanford,  Morris,  111.  In 
autumn  returned  to  law  school  again  and  was  graduated  and 
admitted  to  the  bar  in  Detroit.  Returned  home,  found  mv 


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father  very  sick.  I  carried  on  his  farm  for  one  year  until  he 
recovered,  and  then  I  got  disgusted  and  tried  to  run  away 
from  myself ;  visited  Salt  Lake  in  '73 ;  stood  on  the  walk  in 
front  of  B.  Young's  residence  while  others  went  in  and  shook 
hands  with  the  old  reprobate.  For  the  honor  of  '70  I  would 
not  go  in.  I  had  taken  Greeley's  advice  to  go  West.  I  went 
to  Sacramento,  remained  about  ten  days,  then  to  San  Fran- 
cisco. The  Orriflame  turned  her  prow  proudly  to  the  West, 
and  amid  the  hurrahs  of  the  passengers  and  the  curses  of  the 
seamen,  I  took  the  water  destined  for  Portland,  Oregon. 
From  that  time  I  became  a  part  of  the  floating  population  of 
Oregon.  For  two  years  taught  school,  worked  on  a  farm,  had 
an  engagement  as  a  comedian,  but  did  not  appear  in  public. 
Believing  in  the  Scriptural  assertion,  it  is  not  good  for  man 
to  live  alone,  I  looked  around  me  and  what  did  I  see?  Al- 
mond-eyed China  women,  orange-colored  Americans  and 
white  women  of  rare  beauty.  With  all  these  resources  to  be 
developed,  I  deemed  to  perpetuate  the  name  of  we  great  men 
of  '70,  and  accordingly  I  had  a  lady  imported  from  Ann  Ar- 
bor, Mich.,  Sarah  J.  Almendinger,  and  was  married  in  Oregon 
City,  September  22,  1875.*  Although  I  have  since  had  my 
nose  broken  and  my  hair  has  grown  thinner  on  the  top  of  my 
head,  I  have  not  yet  regretted  the  step,  but  "live  subservient 
to  the  powers  that  be."  In  the  classic  language  of  the  aborig- 
inees,  "Nika  iskum  renas  T  llicum  (I  have  one  small  boy) 
about  two  years  old.  As  for  present  positions  I  take  a  deal  of 
pride  in  saying  I  am  a  Justice  of  the  Peace.  My  wife  thinks 
that  with  all  my  misfortunes,  I  am  still  handsome,  that 
nothing  can  mar  my  beauty,  not  even  the  smallpox.  In  con- 
clusion there  is  still  a  warm  spot  in  my  heart  for  every  mem- 
ber of  '70.  In  the  short  time1  that  I  have  had  the  Class  letter 
I  have  lived  over  again  four  of  the  happiest  years  of  my  life, 


230  ('LASS  OF  TO,  rxiVKUSITV  OF  MICHIGAN 

and  my  wife  seemed  to  enjoy  it  is  much  I  did.  To  poor  Hay- 
ward  we  extend  our  heartfelt  sympathy.  His  wife  and  mine 
were  schoolmates.  If  any  of  you  come  west  call  on  the  Jus- 
tice, who  lives  within  the  sound  of  the  roaring  cataract  of  the 
Willamette  and  within  sight  of  the  snow-clad  peak  of  Mt. 
Hood,  and  share  his  bacon  and  beans  so  long  as  there  is  a 
rind  or  a  bean  left. 

REV.  ORLANDO  LAFAYETTE  TINDALL,  A.  M.,  B.  D. 
Born  at  South  Grove,  DeKalb  Co.,  111.,  November  25,  1847. 

Address  :     Zion  City,  111. 

In  1896  I  sold  my  farm  of  320  acres,  two  and  a  half  miles 
from  Lawrence,  Kansas,  and  stock,  and  moved  into  Lawrence. 
Engaged  in  business  in  a  light  way,  as  my  health  was  not  very 
good. 

In  1890  I  met  Dr.  John  Alex.  Dowie,  who  was  an  ex-Cong, 
minister  and  evangelist  from  Australia,  in  Minneapolis,  Minn., 
where  we  were  spending  a  vacation.  He  was  holding  what  he 
called  a  Divine  Healing  mission,  as  he  had  done  for  a  couple 
of  years  on  the  Pacific  coast  and  in  some  large  cities.  I  be- 
came interested  in  his  work  and  was  associated  with  him  indi- 
rectly for  several  years  by  correspondence  and  some  work. 

In  1896,  Feb.  22,  he  organized  The  Christian  Catholic 
Church  in  Zion.  In  1897  I  was  ordained  an  elder  in  that 
church,  and  for  one  year  held  a  mission  in  Lawrence,  Kan. 

In  1898  we  moved  to  Chicago.  Dr.  Dowie  told  me  he  ex- 
pected to  start  a  college  in  the  near  future  and  wanted  me  to 
teach  Greek  among  other  things.  My  Greek  had  surely  got- 
ten pretty  rusty  after  30  years'  non-use,  or  nearly  so.  He  said 
I  would  have  time  to  study  up  as  it  might  be  some  time  be- 
fore he  could  open  up  the  college.  It  proved  to  be  nearly  a 


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year.  I  spent  the  most  of  this  time  brushing  up  on  my  old 
books.  Did  some  preaching  and  mission  work  there  in  Chi- 
cago. In  1899,  Feb.  14,  the  college  was  opened.  I  was  ap- 
pointed principal  of  the  Ministerial  Department,  and  W.  F. 
Matthews,  of  '70  M.  U.,  who  had  become  a  member  of  the 
church,  was  made  principal  of  the  Preparatory  Department. 
The  college  was  located  oh  Michigan  Ave.  and  14th  St.  the 
first  year  and  then  taken  across  the  street  to  the  large  Nor- 
wood hotel,  which  was  rented  and  used  for  college,  and  a 
dormitory  for  students  and  teachers.  The  first  year  Mrs. 
Tindall  and  I  had  charge  of  the  college  Home  and  boarded 
the  teachers.  Zion  College  gave  much  attention  ro  the  study 
of  the  Bible,  making  it  a  text  book  in  all  the  departments 
along  with  the  other  branches  of  study.  There  was  much 
need  of  this,  as  the  Bible  is  tabooed  in  the  public  schools, 
especially  in  Illinois,  to  her  disgrace. 

We  continued  our  work  here  till  October,  1902,  when  we 
moved  to  Zion  City,  111.,  42  miles  north  of  Chicago,  on  the  lake 
shore,  where  Dr.  Dowie  had  purchased  about  7,000  acres  of 
land  and  built  a  city,  which  grew  in  a  few  years  to  10,000  pop- 
ulation. Here  we  had  a  large  stone  building  that  cost  $150,- 
000.  The  school  increased  rapidly.  About  2,000  were  regis- 
tered at  one  time.  I  taught  Greek,  Church  History,  New  Tes- 
tament Exegesis  and  some  other  branches  at  times;  enjoyed 
my  work  very  much. 

In  October,  1903,  I  accompanied  Dr.  Dowie,  with  his  3,000 
host  to  New  York  on  his  crusade.  He  rented  Madison  Square 
Garden  for  about  20  days,  where  he  held  religious  meetings 
from  6 :30  A.  M.  till  10  o'clock  P.  M.  almost  continuously. 
The  members  of  the  host  visited  the  homes  and  business 
places  during  the  day,  selling  the  papers,  "Leaves  of  Healing," 
and  giving  out  messages  and  religious  tracts.  They  gave  out 


232  CLASS  OF  '70,  UNIVERSITY  OF  MICHIGAN 

over  a  million  pieces  of  literature,  covered  Greater  New  York 
from  house  to  house  twice  or  more. 

While  here  I  saw  Tweedy,  of  '70,  at  his  office  on  Pine  St. 
Prof.  S.  R.  Winchell,  of  '70,  taught  one  year  In  our  schools 
in  Zion  City.  After  returning  from  New  York,  I  continued 
teaching  until  1906,  when  I  took  up  ministerial  and  pastoral 
work  and  was  associate  editor  on  the  Zion  papers,  "The 
Leaves  of  Healing"  and  "The  Theocrat,"  which  has  been  my 
principal  work  since  that  time. 

During  the  last  four  years  my  health  has  not  been  very 
rugged ;  have  had  several  very  severe  attacks  of  different  dis- 
eases, bronchitis,  flu.,  a  good  deal  of  head  trouble,  dizziness, 
etc.  Am  just  recovering  from  bronchial  pneumonia,  which 
gave  me  a  close  call  to  settle  up  my  accounts  for  this  old 
world. 

Thanks  unto  God,  who  had  mercy  and  is  giving  me  good 
hopes  of  a  longer  lease  of  time  to  do  something  for  the  world 
as  I  may  have  opportunity.  We,  in  Zion,  give  God  all  the 
glory  for  our  healings,  as  we  have  no  doctors,  nor  drugs  to 
share  the  glory.  I  am  now  73  past  and  feel  pretty  young  and 
am  enjoying  life  first  rate.  Hope  to  meet  all  the  "boys"  in  a 
grand  old  re-union  in  the  "Better  Land." 

O.  L.  TINDALL. 
Zion,  111.,  March  31,  1921. 


DEPARTMENT  OF  LITERATTRE,  SCIENCE  AND  ARTS    233 

JAMES  FISHER  TWEEDY,  A.  B. 

Born   at    Milwaukee,    Wis.,    March   20,    1849— Died    in    New 
York  City,  December  21,  1914. 

Class  Letter. 

Milwaukee,  July  3,  1878. 
Dear  Classmates  in  '70 : 

The  letters  at  hand  tell  me  that  it  is  my  turn  at  the  yarn. 

The  first  eight  years  have  been  very  quiet  ones  with  me. 
After  trying  railroad  surveying  for  a  year  I  returned  to  Alma 
Mater  for  more  nursing,  this  time  in  engineering,  but  got  so 
deeply  involved  in  Cupid's  coils  that  I  did,  but  poorly  at  en- 
gineering. Returned  to  field  work  in  the  spring  of  '72  in  Wis- 
consin. Married  in  September,  '72,  and  after  a  year  of  wait- 
ing for  something  to  turn  up,  got  on  to  my  feet,  though  at 
first  with  trembling  step,  and  have  since  managed,  by  beg- 
ging and  borrowing,  to  get  some  bread  for  a  rapidly  increas- 
ing family.  Have  only  three  boys  and  a  girl  to  cry  for  work, 
and  they  can  fill  that  bill  I  can  tell  you.  But  come  and  see 
me,  after  you're  married,  for  I  would  not  want  you  to  be  dis- 
couraged. 

Yours, 

JAS.  F.  T-         -. 

The  Free  Press,  Milwaukee,  Wis.,  Dec.  22,  1914,  contained 
the  following: 

James  F.  Tweedy,  aged  64  years,  formerly  a  resident  of  Mil- 
waukee, died  at  his  home  in  New  York  yesterday,  according 
to  a  message  received  by  his  brother,  J.  H.  Tweedy,  Jr.,  Mar- 
shall street. 

Mr.  Tweedy  left  Milwaukee  about  twelve  years  ago.  He 
was  formerly  in  the  brokerage  business  here,  which  vocation 


234  CLASS  OF  '70,  UNIVERSITY  OF  MICHIGAN 

he  followed  in  New  York.  He  was  connected  with  the  firm 
of  William  Herbert  &  Co.,  brokers,  at  the  time  of  his  death. 
He  was  for  several  years  senior  member  of  the  firm  of 
Tweedy,  Imbrie  &  Co. 

A  wife  and  four  children  survive  his  death. 

Mrs.  Alice  B.  Tweedy,  widow,  and  two  of  her  sons,  Arthur 
and  James  B.,  reside  at  473  W.  22nd  street,  New  York  City. 
Her  son,  Richard,  is  married  and  is  an  artist,  located  at  232 
W.  14th  street,  New  York  City.  Her  son,  Alfred,  is  also  mar- 
ried and  is  a  lawyer,  with  an  office  at  2  Rector  street,  New 
York  City. 

Our  classmate  had  a  summer  home  in  New  Hampshire, 
where  he  usually  went  every  summer  for  recreation.  He  at 
last  succumbed  to  an  attack  of  pneumonia. 

PETER  VOORHEIS,  A.  B. 

Born  at  White  Lake,  Oakland  Co.,  Mich.,  September  11,  1843 
—Died  at  Grand  Rapids,  Mich.,  December  17,  1890. 

Class  Letter. 

Grand  Rapids,  Mich.,  April  15,  1878. 

I,  Peter  Voorheis,  of  Grand  Rapids,  Kent  County,  Michi- 
gan, mindful  of  the  uncertainties  of  human  life,  and  realizing 
the  importance  of  the  Class  of  '70,  do  hereby  give  and  be- 
queath to  my  beloved  classmates  forever,  my  history  (''writ- 
ten by  the  author")  since  our  "Alma  Mata"  sent  us  forth  into 
the  cold  world,  in  manner  following: 

First:  Class  letter  just  received,  and  I  need  not  assure 
any  man  of  '70  that  I  have  read  with  much  interest  the  letters 
of  you  whose  names  commence  with  the  first  letters  of  the 
alphabet,  I  have  been  surprised  in  reaching  the  letters  writ- 


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ten  in  '71  and  '72  to  learn  that  the  Class  letter  had  been  ex- 
pected by  them  for  a  long  time,  then  I  presume  the  English 
language  does  not  contain  words  adequate  to  express  their 
feelings,  had  they  been  obliged  to  wait  as  I  have  done,  nearly 
eight  long  years. 

Some  matters  which  disturbed  them  are  now  settled ;  for 
instance,  the  matter  of  Ballenger  vs.  Winchell  having  been 
disposed  of  equitably,  rather  than  in  a  legal  manner,  but  as 
it  seems  to  me  satisfactory  to  both  parties,  as  each  received 
what  he  would  have  got  at  the  end  of  a  long-contested  suit, 
if  he  had  been  successful,  which  under  the  circumstances  of 
the  case  he  could  not  have  expected. 

After  leaving  Ann  Arbor,  I  commenced  studying  law  with 
Crofoot  &  Brewer,  of  Pontiac,  where  I  remained  about  one 
year.  Then,  through  the  kindness  of  my  Classmate  Ripley, 
I  received  the  appointment  of  U.  S.  Foreman  of  harbor  im- 
provements at  Holland,  Mich.,  for  the  summer  of  '71.  At- 
tended law  lectures  at  Ann  Arbor  during  the  winter  of  '71  and 
'72.  Was  examined  and  admitted  to  the  bar  in  March,  '72. 
Then  I  came  to  Grand  Rapids,  where  I  have  been  practicing 
law  for  the  past  six  years,  two  years  alone,  four  years  with 
my  present  law  partner. 

He  continued  in  the  successful  practice  of  his  profession 
in  Grand  Rapids  up  to  the  time  of  his  death. 

He  was  pleading  a  case  for  his  client  at  the  Grand  Rapids, 
Mich.,  bar  in  December,  1890,  when  he  suddenly  stopped 
talking  and  fell  over  on  the  table  in  front  of  him.  His  wife, 
who  happened  to  be  in  court  at  the  time,  rushed  to  his  aid, 
and  found  that  he  was  dead.  He  left  three  boys  who  grew 
up  bright  young  men  and  were  doing  well  in  business  at  last 
account. 


236  CLASS  OF  '70,  UNIVERSITY  OF  MICHIGAN 

The  widow  died  in  1900.  Peter  Yoorhers  was  a  noble, 
good-natured  fellow.  He  had  a  happy  disposition,  always 
ready  to  greet  his  friends  with  a  smile  and  to  render  any  aid 
to  the  unfortunate  needing  assistance.  It  was  pleasa-nt  to  be 
associated  with  him. 

WILLIAM  JAMES  WATERS,  C.  E. 

Born  at  Rye,  N.  Y.,  September  10,  1841.     Date  and  place  of 
death  unknown. 

Although  we  have  kept  up  search  and  inquiry  for  Waters 
for  many  years  we  have  found  no  trace  of  him  since  1877. 
when  he  went  away  from  Columbus,  O.  No  reason  has  been 
discovered  for  his  disappearance.  It  is  supposed  that  he  has 
long  since  gone  over  the  border  to  the  silent  city.  He  was  of 
a  roving  disposition,  but  he  had  many  friends  and  it  is  con- 
sidered, that  had  he  remained  in  the  land  of  the  living,  his 
whereabouts  would  have  become  known  long  ere  this.  We 
mourn  his  loss. 

OLIVER  HART  WATTLES,  B.  S. 

Born  in  Lapeer   County,   Mich.,  January  29,   1850.     Died   at 
Lapeer,  Mich.,  March  23,  1911. 

Oliver  H.  Wattles  continued  the  banking  house  of  J.  M. 
Wattles  &  Go.,  at  Lapeer,  Mich.,  after  the  death  of  his  father 
in  1893.  Although  this  business  took  him  to  the  large  cities 
throughout  the  country,  he  gave  close  attention  to  the  bank 
and  did  not  leave  it  long  at  any  one  time.  His  v/atchful  care 
preserved  the  interests  of  the  bank.  Mr.  Wattles  had  many 
warm  friends.  He  very  seldom  attended  the  class  reunions 
at  Ann  Arbor. 


DEPARTMENT  OF  LITERATURE,  SCIENCE  AND  ARTS    237 

ALBERT  WILLIAM  WEISBROD,  A.  B. 

Born  in  Oshkosh,  Wis.,  October  4,   1851. — Died  in  Oshkosh, 
Wis.,  April  18,  1892. 

Air.  Weisbrod  left  a  very  enviable  record  as  a  lawyer  in  the 
state  of  Wisconsin,  he  having  resided  in  the  city  of  Oshkosh 
during  his  entire  life  and  was  well  known  throughout  the 
state.  His  services  as  a  lawyer  were  in  great  demand. 

CHARLES  MANLEY  WELLS,  M.  S. 

Born   at   Gibson,    Susquehanna    Co.,    Pa.,    October    23,    1842. 
Died  at  Los  Angeles,  Cal.,  February  24,  1905. 

Class  Letter. 

Pontiac,   Mich.,  Jan.   21,   1878. 
Dear  Classmates: 

A  perusal  of  the  Class  Letter  shows  beyond  question  that 
the  days  of  gush  for  '70  have  passed  and  as  I  do  not  claim  a 
better  state  of  preservation  than  my  average  classmate,  I  will 
straight  to  business.  The  last  of  April  preceding  graduation 
I  took  local  charge  of  the -government  harbor  works  at  Muske- 
gon, Mich.  This  was  very  soothing  to  my  pocket  book.  As 
U.  S.  Asst.  Engr.  in  September,  1870,  White  River  harbor 
was  added  to  my  charge.  The  winter  and  spring  of  1870-71 
was  passed  in  Milwaukee  in  charge  of  the  six  harbors  from 
Muskegon  north,  a  charge  which  I  retained  until  June,  1874, 
living  meanwhile  successively  in  Detroit,  Pent  Water  and 
Muskegon.  I  should  not  omit  to  add  as  an  index  of  the 
severity  of  my  duties,  that  during  the  winter  1871-2  my  office 
was  stationed  at  Ann  Arbor  and  I  scored  a  year  in  the  law. 
From  October,  1873,  until  June,  1874,  was  employed  as  engi- 


238  CLASS  OF  '70,  UNIVERSITY  OF  MICHIGAN 

neer  to  aid  in  the  selection  of  a  townsite  and  site  for  a  state 
asylum  for  the  insane.  In  this  connection  I  visited  all  the 
considerable  towns  of  Eastern  Michigan,  some  of  them  many 
times,  and  as  my  duties  were  systematic,  retained  my  gov- 
ernment position. 

As  each  town  urgently  desired  to  have  the  asylum  located  in 
its  vicinity,  I  found  the  duty  very  pleasant,  fared  well  and 
imbibed  notions  of  my  own  greatness  which  subsequent  ex- 
perience has  not  verified.  June,  1874,  I  resigned  my  U.  S. 
position  to  enter  the  service  of  the  State  of  Michigan  and  take 
charge  after  erection  of  the  new  asylum  at  Pontiac,  Mich., 
and  nearly  four  years  later  here  I  am  still.  The  asylum  will 
be  completed  next  May  or  June  and  my  duties  will  cease.  My 
wife  sits  beside  me  now  in  my  office  in  the  asylum  building. 
My  boy  is  six  years  old.  He  missed  that  cup.  We  keep 
house  and  life  is  quietly  going  on.  My  political  principles 
are  republican,  still  I  bolted  Grant  and  unlike  Dodge,  failed 
to  swallow  Greeley.  In  religion  I  may  be  a  Buddist  or  a 
Brahman.  I  formulate  nothing  and  cannot  tell.  Hoping  to 
see  you  all  in  Ann  Arbor  next  JunQ  I  pass  this  on  to  Perry 
who  lives  here.  C.  M.  W. 

3827   Indiana  Ave.,   Chicago. 

August  8th,   1904. 
My  Dear  Carter: 

The  time  was  last  Thursday  evening,  August  4th.  The 
place  was  the  College  Inn  Restaurant,  corner  of  Washington 
St.  and  La  Salle  St.  The  persons  were  Dawson,  Darrow. 
Mathews,  Tindall,  Winchell,  Whitman  and  Wells,  i.  e.,  two 
lawyers,  two  teachers,  two  preachers  and  one  away  from  home, 
but  all  were  of  '70.  I  talked  with  several  of  the  boys  several 
times,  but  when  Darrow  took  the  bit  in  his  teeth,  he  drew 


DEPARTMENT  OF  LITERATI-RE,  SCIENCE  AND  ARTS    239 

us  all  together,  but  so  suddenly  in-  the  denouement  that  Car- 
ter, Wing  and  other  suburban  residents  could  not  be  gathered 
in  and  we  all  mourned  thereat. 

Our  time  was  mainly  and  properly  taken  in  bringing  class 
history  down  to  date.  The  roster  was  present  only  in  our 
memories,  but  we  hardly  missed  one  of  the  names  that  thirty- 
four  years  ago  we  each  by  heart  Of  the  party  Mathews 
was  the  baby  and  yours  truly  was  patriorch,  but  neither 
looked  nor  felt  the  honor.  So  far  as  I  know  each  member  of 
the  party  reached  home  unassisted,  except  by  other  members. 
Wells  was  detailed  to  report  to  our  most  wrorthy  secretary 
the  facts  heretofore  stated,  that  history  might  be  recorded  as 
made.  The  wives,  on  option,  remained  at  home,  not  wishing 
to  turn  a  class  function  into  a  social  function.  No  one  of  the 
Chicago  contingent  failed  to  come. 

Darrow  is  teaching  as  of  old ;  Winchell  has  still  with  him 
the  lecture  bureau  and  his  educational  work ;  Dawson  and 
Whitman  are  in  successful  practice  of  the  law ;  Mathews  is 
struggling  to  help  others  in  religious  and  eduactional  work 
and  neglecting  himself;  Tindall  is  at  Zion  City,  the  educational 
head  quarters  (both  spiritual  and  secular),  of  John  Alexander 
Dowie ;  Mathews  was  then  in  the  same  work  but  fled  on  the 
announcement  that  Dowis  is  the  veritable  Elijah  of  old.  Phy- 
sically, all,  with  one  exception,  are  well  preserved.  Whitman 
has  the  color,  activity  and  tone  of  youth;  Dawson  is  quiet, 
concise,  harmonizing  and  like  Darrow,  nerves  in  perfect 
health  and  accord.  Mathhews  is  rotund  of  face  and  form, 
contented  in  spiritual  truths  as  he  saw  them  thirty  years  ago. 
Tindall,  whom  we  expected  to  see  with  a  flowing  beard  after 
the  manner  of  his  chief,  wears  instead  a  silk  hat  from  time 
immemorial,  called  a  plug.  He  is  pleasant,  intelligent,  de- 
voted to  his  work  and  evidently  contented  therein. 


240  CLASS  OF  '70,  UXIVEKSITY  OF  MICHIGAN 

My  treatment  has  been  prolonged  much  beyond  expecta- 
tion— the  main  improvement  in  the  first  three  weeks.  Airs. 
Wells  came  back  to  me  a  week  ago,  and  we  will  break  up 
here  and  go  to  Michigan,  not  later  than  Aug.  15th.  We  shall 
probably  be  in  Chicago  about  Nov.  1st,  at  which  time  I  may 
stay  again  with  the  Dr.  for  a  time.  If  so  I  hope  to  see  you. 

After  meeting  you  that  evening  on  the  fair  grounds  I  very 
soon  got  a  wheel  chair  and  my  trouble  was  over. 

Mrs.  Wells  joins  me  in  best  regards  to  Mrs.  Carter  and 
yourself. 

Yours  in  '70, 

C.  M.  WELLS. 

The  funeral  of  Charles  M.  Wells,  expresident  of  the  Los 
Angeles  Chamber  of  Commerce,  former  president  of  the  Free 
Harbor  League  and  secretary  of  the  California  World's  Fair 
Commission  of  1893,  who  died  at  his  home,  No.  2515  South 
Main  street,  early  Friday  morning,  will  be  held  at  the  late 
residence  at  2:30  o'clock  this  afternoon,  Rev.  Dr.  Thompson, 
pastor  of  the  Independent  Church  of  Christ,  officiating.  In 
arranging  the  funeral  the  family  has  received  the  assistant  of 
a  special  committee  appointed  from  the  Chamber  of  Commerce 
—President  J.  O.  Foepfli,  O.  T.  Johnson,  Niles  Pease  and  ]. 
Baruch.  Officers  and  members  of  the  chamber  will  attend  the 
services  at  will.  Burial  will  be  made  in  Rosedale  Cemetery. 

Mr.  WelFs  death  resulted  from  rheumatism  of  the  heart ; 
he  had  been  a  sufferer  from  muscular  rheumatism  for  years, 
but  was  not  prostrated  until  two  weeks  ago.  Wednesday  and 
Thursday  Mr.  Well's  condition  was  so  much  improved,  ap- 
parently, that  he  was  out  of  bed  and  about  the  house.  Thurs- 
day evening  he  retired  early.  At  2  o'clock  Friday  morning 
one  of  his  sons,  George,  went  to  the  father's  bedside ;  he  was 


DEPARTMENT  OF  LITERATURE,  SCIENCE  AND  ARTS    241 

sleeping  peacefully.  At  6  o'clock  the  wife  entered  his  cham- 
ber to  see  if  the  sick  man  needed  anything,  or  was  in  pain ; 
he  was  dead. 

Air.  Wells  leaves  a  widow  and  three  sons :  L.  C.  Wells,  of 
the  San  Pedro  News ;  George  R.  Wells,  treasurer  of  the 
Unique  Theater,  this  city ;  and  F.  B.  Wells,  an  assayer  at  the 
plant  of  the  Butler's  Mining  Company,  San  Salvador,  Cent- 
ral America. 

Charles  M.  Wells  was  born  in  Susquehanna  county,  Penn- 
sylvania, October  23,  1840,  where  he  spent  his  childhood  and 
youth.  At  the  age  of  20  he  enlisted  as  a  volunteer  in  the 
Union  Army,  and  served  eighteen  months,  when,  his  health 
shattered,  he  was  mustered  out.  He  subsequently  removed 
to  Ann  Arbor,  Mich.,  where  he  became  a  graduate  of  the 
Literary  Department  and  of  the  Law  Department  of  the  Uni- 
versity of  Michigan.  In  1870  he  made  his  home  in  Wauseon, 
O.,  where  he  married. 

Having  accumulated  a  competence  in  business,  Mr.  Wells 
in  1866  came  to  Los  Angeles,  here  to  reside  until  his  death. 
He  invested  to  the  limit  of  his  means  in  real  estate,  and  lost 
heavily  through  the  breaking  of  the  boom  of  the  following 
year.  He  early  identified  himself  with  men  and  projects  of 
business  importance  in  the  community,  and  in  1891  was  placed 
at  the  head  of  the  Chamber  of  Commerce,  becoming  thus  its 
second  president  in  order  of  election.  Mr.  Wells  had  the 
honor  to  be  chosen  president  of  the  Free  Harbor  League,  by 
whose  recommendation  to  the  Rivers  and  Harbors  Committee 
of  Congress  San  Pedro  was  finally  selected  in  preference  to 
Santa  Monica  for  the  government  harbor  and  breakwater. 
The  secretaryship  of  the  California  World's  Fair  Commission 
was  another  distinction  accorded  Mr.  Wells — and  one  that 


242  CLASS -OF  'TO,  VNIVKKSITY  OF  MICHIGAN 

came  near  costing  him  his  health  ;  he  returned  from  Chicago 
broken  down  by  hard  work. — Los  Angeles   Daily. 

CHARLES  RUDOLPHUS  WHITMAN,  A.  M.,  LL.  B. 

Born  at  South  Bend,  Ind.,  October  4,  1847.— Died    at  Chicago 
at  Chicago  Union  Hospital,  April  2,  1921. 

At  14,  moved  with  his  parents  to  Chicago.  Graduated  from 
University  of  Michigan,  1870,  receiving  degree  oT  A.  B. ;  from 
Law  Department,  1870,  receiving  degree  of  LL.  B. ;  and  in 
1875,  received  degree  of  A.  M.  He  was  a  member  of  the  Phi 
Delta  Phi  fraternity.  Practiced  law  in  Ypsilanti,  Ann  Arbor 
and  Detroit,  Michigan,  from  1873  to  1899,  when  he  moved  to 
Chicago,  where  he  was  engaged  in  the  active  practice  of  law 
until  his  death.  From  1876  to  '78  he  was  Circuit  Court  Com- 
mossioner  of  Washtenaw  County,  Michigan;  from  1880  to  '81-, 
prosecuting  attorney  of  the  same  county ;  from  1886  to  1894. 
Regent  of  the  University  of  Michigan;  from  1891  to  1W> 
Railroad  Commissioner  of  the  State  of  Michigan  ;  and  from 
189.6  to  '98,  Assistant  United  States  District  Attorney  for  the 
Southern  District  of  Michigan. 

On  September  3,  1912,  Mr.  Whitman  married  Alice,  daugh- 
ter of  Mrs.  Julia  Wright  Evans,  of  Detroit,  Michigan.  They 
have  one  child,  Alice,  born  March  22,  1917,  to  whom  he  was 
very  much  attached.  They  adored  each  other  and  were  in- 
separable during  her  waking  moments. 

Mr.  Whitman  is  survived  by  four  sons  by  his  former  mar- 
riage:  Ross  C.,  Lloyd  C.,  Roland  D.,  and  Bayard  J.  Whit- 
man, and  by  a  brother,  Wm.  F.  Whitman. 

Mr.  Whitman  was  a  member  of  WTm.  B.  Warren  Lodge  No. 
209,  A.  F.  &  A.  M.,  Washington  Chapter  No.  43,  R.  A.  M.  and 
Chicago  Commandery  No.  19,  K.  T.,  and  was  buried  with 


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Masonic   honors   from    Graceland   Cemetery   Chapel,   April   o, 
1921. 

Two  of  Mr.  Whitman's  sons,  Lloyd  C.  and  Roland  D.,  are 
engaged  in  the  successful  practice  of  law  in  the  law  firm  of 
"Helmer,  Moulton,  Whitman  &  Whitman"  at  110  South  Dear- 
born St.,  Chicago. 

The  last  letter  received  from  our  deceased  classmate  is 
copied  below: 

Chicago,  June  18,  1920. 
My  Dear  Mr.   Carter: 

I  have  been  postponing  an  answer  to  your  letter  of  May 
10th,  because  of  the  uncertainty  whether  I  would  be  able,  in 
the  end,  to  attend  our  class  reunion.  It  is  a  matter  of  pro- 
found regret  that  I  find  myself  physically  unable  to  be  pres- 
ent. 

In  looking  over  the  list  of  names  which  you  have  kindly 
sent  me,  my  sorrow  deepens  that  I  must  miss  this  gathering 
of  so  many  of  my  classmates — men  now,  gray-haired,  wrink- 
led in  feature,  doubtless ;  yet  plainly,  the  same  boys,  I  now 
know  as  I  did  not  then  know,  I  loved  so  dearly,  years  and 
years  ago. 

I  am  keenly  conscious  that  a  future  opportunity  of  the  like 
is  rapidly  lessening,  and  I  am  painfully  aware  that  on  this 
occasion  we  are  to  have  an  unusually  full  attendance  of  men 
who  have  seldom  appeared  at  previous  reunions;  men  whom, 
therefore,  I  especially  wish  to  meet. 

My  love  to  you  all,  boys,  and  to  the  wives,  and  to  the  sec- 
ond and  to  the  third  generations  as  well.   May  life  move  easily 
and  pleasantly  for  you ;  with  the  least  of  regrets  for  the  past, 
and  the  brightest  of  well-warranted  hopes  for  the  future. 
Faithfully  and  sincerely  yours, 

CHARLES  R.  WHITMAN. 


244  ('LASS  OF  '70,  UNIVERSITY  OF  MICHIGAN 

WARREN   CHAFFEE  WILLITS,    C.   E. 

Born  at  Adrian,  Mich.,  July  9,  1847.— Died  at  Denver,  Colo., 

October  30,  1901. 

It  will  be  remembered  that  our  former  history  contained  an 
account  of  the  sudden  death  by  heart  disease  of  Mr.  Willits, 
immediately  after  dismounting  from  his  bicycle  and  stepping 
upon  the  side  walk  of  one  of  the  streets  of  Denver.  He  was 
at  that  time  a  candidate  for  a  public  office  and  would  have 
been  elected,  but  for  his  sudden  death.  A  widow  and  daugh- 
ter survived  him. 

SAMUEL  ROBERTSON  WINCHELL,  A.  M. 

Born  in  Town  of  North  East,  Duchess  Co.,  N.  Y.,  Nov.  26,  '43. 

Address:     3131  West  Madison  Street,  Chicago,  111. 

In  1905  I  established  the  Winchell  Academy  at  Evanston, 
111.,  for  the  purpose  of  giving  my  youngest  daughter,  then  five 
years  old  my  personal  attention  as  instructor  and  companion. 

She  was  an  unusually  intelligent  and  winsome  child  and  de- 
i 

veloped  beautifully  for  two  years  in  that  school,  which  in 
that  time  became  a  full-fledged  institution  witn  various  de- 
partments and  141  pupils  enrolled.  But  in  January,  1907, 
our  darling  was  suddenly  taken  away  from  us  by  malignant 
diptheria  and  scarlet  fever.  This  caused  me  to  close  the 
school,  sell  the  property,  and  turn  my  attention  to  other 
things.  I  made  a  study  of  the  city  of  Chicago  and  published 
through  A.  Flanagan  Co.,  Chicago  Past,  Present  and  Future, 
a  book  of  186  pages,  with  abundant  illustrations.  The  next 


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year  I  compiled  and  published  at  my  own  expense  The  Ar- 
tists' Blue  Book  of  Chicago.  In  1910,  I  wrote  and  A.  Flana- 
gan Co.  published  A  Civic  Manual  of  Chicago,  Cook  County 
and  Illinois.  I  then  disposed  of  my  Teachers'  Agency  and 
Lecture  Bureau,  in  which  I  had  been  favored  by  the  constant 
and  efficient  co-operation  of  my  ever-faithful  wife  and  for  one 
school  year  took  charge  of  the  high  school  in  Zion  City,  Illi- 
nois, at  the  earnest  solicitation  of  Classmate  Tindall.  In 
1912,  I  took  up  the  business  of  engraving  and  stationery  in 
Chicago,  in  which  I  remained  until  May,  1915,  when  my 
health  failed  and  I  went  to  Minneapolis,  where  a  brief  stay 
in  a  sanatorium  put  me  again  on  my  feet  and  I  associated  my- 
self with  a  prominent  real  estate  firm  in  that  city.  In  1918, 
my  state  of  health  again  induced  me  to  seek  a  change  of  cli- 
mate, and  I  went  to  Palisade,  Colo.,  and  assumed  the  role  of 
insurance  agent.  In  August,  1920,  I  transferred  my  resi- 
dence to  Grand  Junction,  Colo.,  and  added  real  estate  to  in- 
surance, and  am  doing  a  fairly  good  business.  For  six  months 
before  coming  to  Grand  Junction,  I  was  editor  and  manager 
of  the  Palisade  branch  of  the  Grand  Junction  Daily  News. 

I  have  in  hand  half  a  dozen  book  manuscripts  which  the 
unsettled  condition  of  the  publishing  business  has  prevented 
me  from  publishing.  I  have  always  been  active  in  church 
and  Sunday  school  work,  being  a  Methodist  born,  a  Methodist 
bred,  and  hope  to  be  a  Methodist  when  I'm  dead.  Have  been 
independent  in  politics,  usually  voting  the  Republican  ticket; 
was  a  great  admirer  of  Theodore  Roosevelt.  I  worked  in  the 
office  of  the  National  Prohibition  party  in  Chicago  during  the 
two  campaigns  of  Chafin  and  Watkins  and  did  all  the  book- 
ing and  routing  of  those  candidates  during  both  of  their  cam- 
paigns. I  am  now  hollering  for  Harding  and  Coolidge. 


240  CLASS  OF  '70,  UNIVERSITY  OF  MICHIGAN 

My  three  older  children  are  still  living",  Harley  Corspn,  the 
class  boy  No.  2,  conducts  a  prosperous  advertising  business 
in  Chicago ;  my  oldest  daughter  lives  in  Palisade,  Colo. ;  is 
the  wife  of  W.  J.  Stebbins,  superintendent  of  schools  and 
owner  of  a  fruit  ranch,  from  which  come  some  of  the  cele- 
brated Elberta  peaches.  Mr.  Stebbins  graduated  from  North- 
western University  in  19.06.  Mrs.  Stebbins  is  president  of 
the  Woman's  Club  of  Palisade.  My  other  daughter  grad- 
uated from  the  Cunnock  school  of  Northwestern  University 
and  married  I.  R.  Campbell,  now  a  prominent  representative 
of  the  Xew  York  Life  Insurance  Company  in  Minneapolis. 
He  is  also  a  graduate  of  Northwestern  University. 

My  health  is  now  good.  An  old  Chicago  acquaintance  met 
me  here  a  few  days  ago  and  said  I  looked  beter  than  I  did 
fifteen  years  ago.  I  wonder  what  he  meant.  My  wife  says 
writing  is  my  hobby.  I  like  to  raise  poultry,  and  have  had 
some  very  fine  specimens  of  White  Wyandottes  and  Anconas, 
though  I  never  became  a  fancier.  I  could  never  save  money 
enough  to  buy  an  automobile,  and  now  my  ambition  is  to  buy 
an  airplane  so  that  I  can  go  to  our  next  reunion.  I  find  walk- 
ing a  healthful  exercise,  so  I  conquer  the  high  cost  of  shoes 
by  walking  from  three  to  fifteen  miles  a  day  drumming  up 
trade.  W^hile  in  college  I  was  one  of  the  original  University 
Glee  Club,  and  I  have  never  lost  my  fondness  for  singing. 
Last  winter  I  sang  tenor  in  the  oratorio  "The  Holy  City," 
which  was  given  in  Palisade  and  Clifton.  While  in  Minne- 
apolis I  gave  a  course  of  lectures  on  the  history  of  the  Bible, 
and  while  in  Chicago,  I  sometimes  lectured  on  Chicago. 

Mrs.  Winchell  has  written  many  short  poems,  some  of 
which  have  been  prominently  published,  the  last  one,  just 
published,  being  "Peach  Picking  in  Grand  Valley." 


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Mr.  Winchell  returned  to  Chicago  Jan.  1,  1921,  because  of 
the  critical  condition  of  his  wife's  health.  She  is,  for  this 
reason,  obliged  to  remain  with  her  daughter  in  Minneapolis, 
while  he  occupies  the  responsible  position  of  Editor  and  Busi- 
ness Manager  of  The  Westcenter  Chicagoan,  a  weekly  paper 
published  by  the  Westcenter  Commercial  Association  of  Chi- 
cago. He  reports  his  health  as  better  than  ever  and  that  he 
is  doing  the  work  of  four  men. 


CHARLES  GORDON  WING,  PH.  B.,  LL.  B. 

Born  January  21,  1848  in  Cattarangus  County,  N.   Y.     Died 
Ludington,   Mich.,   November   12,   1920. 

Class  Letter. 

Ludington,  Mich.,  May  2,  1878. 
My  Brethren : 

These  letters  bring  me  joy.  There  is  a  certain  uniformity 
of  "tale"  in  the  earlier  ones  turned  practical  of  later  date.  1 
have  been  quite  a  busy  practitioner  since  April,  1874.  Octo- 
ber 1,  1873,  I  opened  an  office  here.  I  earned  nothing  for 
four  months.  I  got  all  I  earned  then.  Afterwards,  perhaps, 
I  got  more.  Wells  is  the  sole  cause  of  my  being  here.  We 
were  in  the  law  school  together 'in  '72  and  '73,  and  he  offered 
me  a  position  here  as  foreman  on  the  harbor  improvements — 
a  position  I  doubted  my  fitness  for,  but  accepted  because  it 
gave  me  four  dollars  per  day  and  a  chance  to  marry  the  girl 
which  I  did  instanter  and  brought  her  along.  Miss  Jennie 
Poole  of  Sharon,  Mich.  She  was  teaching  with  me  two  years 
at  Manchester.  We  have  two  daughters.  The  only  reward 
Wells  got  for  his  favor  was  in  a  real  estate  transaction.  We 
purchased  together  some  property  in  '74,  which  cost  us  one 


248  CLASS  OF  '70,  UNIVERSITY  OF  MICHIGAN 

thousand  dollars  and  is  worth  less  than  five  hundred  dollars 
now.  I  studied  law  in  Jackson  with  Gibson.  1  was  not  pres- 
ent, perhaps  some  will  remember  at  the  '73  reunion,  but  at  the 
rally  this  year  my  appearance  is  entered.  I  saw  Oscar  Camp- 
bell last  week  in  Cleveland.  He  expressed  a  feeling  which 
is  doubtless  universal  that  we  should  all  gather  at  the  big 
talk  in  June.  WING. 

Since  1903,  nothing  especially  worthy  of  mention  to  the 
members  of  the  class  has  occurred  in  my  experience.  "My 
principal  job  while  it  lasted  was  the  education  of  a  family 
of  seven  children,  five  girls  and  two  boys,  and  since  that  was 
completed  in  1914,  my  efforts  have  seemed  devoid  of  any  un- 
derlying motive.  Ethelwyn,  a  graduate  of  the  University  of 
Michigan,  later  also  of  the  University  of  California,  resides 
at  Berkeley,  the  seat  of  the  latter  institution,  her  office  in 
Oakland,  her  occupation  the  management  of  the  Delphian  so- 
ciety on  the  Pacific  coast.  Jessie,  now  Mrs.  F.  B.  Olney, 
resides  in  Ludington.  Gordon  P.  Wing,  not  as  a  boy  overly 
given  to  books,  is  a  lumberman  at  Odanah,  Wisconsin.  Alice, 
a  graduate  of  the  University  of  Illinois,  is  one  of  the  staff  of 
the  state  library  at  Lansing.  Mabel,  now  Mrs.  Dr.  S.  F.  Kd- 
wards,  since  her  husband,  of  John  Hopkins  University,  en 
tered  the  army,  unsettled  as  to  residence.  Oril,  a  graduate  of 
Oberlin,  has  been  a  teacher  in  California.  Charles,  a  grad- 
uate of  Oberlin,  is  a  teacher  of  piano  music  at  the  University 
of  Indiana. 

To  make  an  adequate  homestead  where  the  children  would 
grow  up  and  be  welcome  to  remain  I  went  to  work  quite  early 
clearing  up  a  farm  just  out  of  town.  They  grew  up  there, 
but  none  remains  except  for  visits.  We  live  there  simply 
because  it  is  impossible  to  look  upon  any  other  spot  in  the 


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light  of  a  home.  Rather  from  habit  than  interest  in  farm- 
ing, I  am  apt  to  be  engaged  about  farm  maters  every  morning 
before  9  o'clock  and  after  that  hour  to  be  a  banker.  I  am 
not  obliged,  however,  to  keep  office  hours  at  the  bank  in  these 
later  years,  and  my  best  thought  is  given  to  the  editorial  col- 
umns of  a  daily  newspaper.  The  Ludington  Daily  News  is 
the  only  local  organ  of  publicity  and  the  control  of  it  I  aim 
to  use  as  a  member  of  the  class  of  '70,  ought  to  use  the  lead- 
ing influence  of  the  community  in  which  he  lives.  My  lei- 
sure hours,  if  any,  are  given  to  the  preparation  of  a  history 
of  this  county  where  I  rank  as  a  pioneer. 

In  a  disclosure  so  intimately  personal  as  Mr.  Carter's  cir- 
cular indicates  this  writing  should  be  made,  perhaps  a  place 
should  be  found  for  my  painful  experience  with  the  medics 
two  years  ago.  In  April,  1918,  a  neoplasm  was  discovered 
about  the  size  of  a  pea  on  the  soft-palate.  I  was  advised  to 
give  it  prompt  attention.  It  was,  however,  July  4th  when  I 
got  started  to  the  sanitarium  at  Battle  Creek.  Radium  treat- 
ment was  recommended.  This  was  applied  in  Chicago. 
Quite  reduced  in  strength  by  the  pain  of  this  slowly  acting 
remedy  throu'gh  the  remaining  months  of  1918,  I  had  never- 
theless entirely  recovered  by  the  time  of  our  return  from  Cali- 
fornia in  the  spring  of  1919.  While  I  was  in  Chicago  under 
treatment,  Mr.  Dawson  was  a  great  comfort,  as  indeed  he  has 
always  been.  No  other  healing  came  to  me  in  those  weeks 
of  pain  more  sustaining  than  the  long  beautiful  letters  of  Ed- 
ward E.  Darrow,  full  of  tenderness  and  soothing  philosophy. 
They  are  still  the  most  precious  of  memories.  Of  the  neop- 
lasm there  has  been  no  reappearance  and  I  have  been  partly 
in  doubt  whther  I  should  not  have  ignored  both  the  neoplasm 
and  the  medics. 


250  CLASS  OF  '70,  UNIVERSITY  OF  MICHIGAN 

I  note  the  undiminished '"punch"  of  Carter  as  he  tackles  the 
new  job  required  of  him  last  June.  That  is  a  matter  I  hope 
to  hear  talked  over  in  1925. 

CHARLES  G.  WING. 

Ludington,  Mich.,  Sept.  3,  1920. 

Father  passed  away  without  warning  November  12,  15)20, 
and  the  sure  anchor  of  our  family  life  is  no  more.  Despite 
our  abiding  loss  we  are  reconciled  to  the  summons  which 
forbade  him  "linger  till  the  glass  be  all  outrun." 

There  have  been  many  touching  tributes  to  father's  years 
of  activity  and  public  service  in  this  community  and  we  are 
thankful  both  for  his  continued  efforts  and  for  the  apprecia- 
tion of  them.  Father's  horizon  was  not  limited  to  his  daily 
tasks,  his  interest  in  the  world's  work  remained  keen. 

Whatever  pleasure  associations  with  men  afforded  him 
throughout  the  years,  none  ranked  in  his  mind  with  the  class 
of  '70.  The  inspiration  and  blessing  father  enjoyed  in  this 
relation  has  been  shared  by  his  whole  family.  We  are  grate- 
ful to  the  old  friends  of  '70. 

Faithfully, 

JESSIE  WING  OLNEY. 

The  following  item  appeared  in  the  Luddington  Daily  News 
of  November  20,  1920: 

Mr.  Wing's  first  work  in  Ludington  was  in  the  employ  of 
the  United  States  government.  He  was  an  inspector  of  dock 
building.  Following  this  he  began  the  practice  of  his  pro- 
fession in  the  law.  On  July  1,  1875,  he  was  appointed  judge 
of  probate  for  Mason  county  by  Governor  Bagley  of  Michi- 
gan. 

To  give  Ludington  an  abundant  supply  of  pure  drinking 
water  was  Mr.  Wing's  early  ambition.  He  bought  control 


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of  the  company  operating  water  works  and  devoted  months  in 
studying  the  problem  on  which  he  says  the  development  of 
his  adopted  city  rested.  The  fruition  of  his  plans  gave  Lud- 
ington  pure  water  and  a  system  that  has  stood  the  test  of  a 
quarter  of  a  century. 

Seeing  the  need  of  additional  banking  facilities,  Mr.  Wing 
associated  himself  with  other  men  of  means  and  established 
the  Ludington  State  bank.  He  served  continuously  as  its 
president  until  the  present  day. 

Some  eight  years  ago,  realizing  that  a  strongly  financed, 
well  conducted  daily  newspaper  was  essential  to  progress  in 
Mason  county,  Mr.  Wing  put  money  behind  The  Daily  News 
and  eventually  was  compelled  to  take  it  over  and  operate  it. 
At  great  personal  sacrifice,  he  invested  thousands  of  dollars 
to  procure  equipment  to  make  possible  the  production  of  a 
paper  worthy  of  Ludington.  His  friends  (some  of  them)  said 
he  had  gone  too  far  "to  make  it  pay."  But  his  was  the  clear 
vision.  As  with  the  water  works,  so  with  the  paper — he 
bought  the  best,  so  that  dependable  service  could  be  given. 

In  April,  1915,  upon  the  arrival  of  the  present  manager,  Mr. 
Wing  devoted  his  personal  attention  to  the  local  publication. 
With  jealous  care  he  prepared  his  editorial  matter.  This  he 
made  a  serious  business.  His  aim  was  to  set  before  the  peo- 
ple of  Mason  county  right  ideals  and  to  provide  for  his  readers 
a  liberal  education. 

For  more  than  a  year  Mr.  Wing  had  been  engaged  in  writ- 
ing a  historical  sketch,  "Mason  County — a  Tale  of  Early 
Times."  His  story  started  with  the  year  1855.  The  scanti- 
ness of  records  made  his  task  an  arduous  one.  Only  yesterday 
he  wrote  the  concluding  paragraphs  for  the  last  installment 
to  appear  next  Monday.  He  proposed  to  finish  the  work  dur- 


252  CLASS  OF  '70,  UNIVERSITY  OF  MICHIGAN 

ing  his  vacation  in  California  this  winter  and  resume  publi- 
cation of  the  installments  upon  his  return  next  spring. 


THOMAS  WYLIE,  A.  B. 

Born  at  Martin,  Mich.,  December  25,  1847     Died  at  Martin, 
Mich.,  April  3,  1877. 

He  prepared  for  the  ministry,  but  in  February,  1876,  he 
was  caught  in  a  cold  rain  storm  and  got  a  severe  chill  from 
which  he  could  not  recover.  He  lingered  along  many  months, 
but  his  struggle  was  in  vain.  He  was  obliged  to  yield  up  his 
life  in  April,  1877. 


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IN  MEMORIAM. 

No    one    hears   the    door   that   opens 

When   they  pass  beyond   our  call; 
Soft  as   loosened   leaves   of   roses 

One  by  one   our  loved  ones   fall. 

John  William  Johnson, 

January  8,  1870. 
Julius  Abiram  Blackburn, 


February  23,  1847.  April  25,  1870 

Thomas  Wylie, 
December  25,  1847.  April  3,  1877 

George  Throop  Campau, 
July  29,  1847.  February  5,  1879 

James  Alfred   Hayward, 
September  12,  1849.  August  12,  1880 

Charles  Ballenger, 
September  28,  1846.  March  13,  1881 

Judson  Slatford  Bird, 
October  9,  1846.  March  19,  1882 

Thomas  Harper  Bush, 
April  3,  1847,  March  29,  1887 

Otis  Erastus  Haven, 
July  27,  1849.  February  3,  1888 

Peter  Voorheis, 
September  11,  1843.  December  17,  1890 

Albert  William  Weisbrod, 
October  4,  1851.  April  18,  1892 

Vincent  Smith  Lovell, 
May  2,  1845.  December  7,  1892 

William  Thomas  Emerson, 
July  23,  1848.  August  29,  1897, 


254  CLASS  OF  '70,  UNIVERSITY  OF  MICHIGAN 

Frank  Howard  Howe, 
May  10,  1850.  December  29,  1S97. 

Patrick  Henry  Bumpus, 
January  21,  1841.  February  18,  1S98. 

Warren  Chaffee  Willits, 
July  9,  1847.  October  30,  1901. 

John  Loveland  Culley, 
October  11,  1847.  February  5,  1902. 

Marcus  Baker, 
September  28,  1849.  December  12,  1903. 

Alexander  Thomson, 
May  2,  1844.  December  28,  1904. 

Arthur  Clark  Adams, 
April  14,  1847.  December  31,  1904. 

Francis  Wayland  Jones, 
August  23,  1849.  January  8,  1905. 

Charles  Manley  Wells, 
October  23,  1842.  February  24,  1905. 

Eugene  Ketchum, 
April  13,  1840.  November  16,  1900. 

Michael  Alexander  MeyendorfT, 
December  3,  1849.  February  7,  190S. 

William  Lorenzo  Penfield, 
April  2,  1846.  May  9,  1909 

Robert  Newton  Fearon, 
March  14,  1839.  January  18,  1910. 

.    Harlow  Palmer  Davock, 
March  11,  1848.  August  30,  1910. 

Oliver  Hart  Wattles, 
January  29,  1850.  March  23,  1911. 

Charles  Francis  Burton, 
November  8,  1849.  October  5,  1911. 


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Thomas  Chalmers   Christy, 
October  18,  1846.  December  17,  1913. 

Alfred  Noble, 
August  7,  1844.  April  19,  1914. 

James  Fisher  Tweedy, 
March  20,  1849.  December  21,  1914. 

William  Freeman  Matthews, 
October  31,  1849.  June  5,  1915. 

Milo  Elijah  Marsh, 
November  16,  1847.  February' 5,  1916. 

Achilles  Finley, 
May  15,  1843.  May  15,  1916. 

Franklin   Bradley, 
June  4,  1845.  May  22,  1916. 

Oscar  James   Campbell, 
April  27,  1846.  June  17,  1917. 

Rufus  Hill  Thayer, 
June  29,  1849.  July  12,  1917. 

Charles  Phelps  Gilbert, 
March  16,  1846.  October  1,  1917. 

James  Harrison  Blanchard, 
December  6,  1846.  January  24,  1918. 

Charles  Keene  Dodge, 
•April  26,  1844.  March  22,  1918. 

Frank   Gunnison, 
February  2,  1848.  April  23,  1919. 

Henry  Graves  Bennett, 
September  6,  1846.  -   1919 

Aaron  Perry, 
November  11,  1848.  February  12,  1920. 

Maxwell  Addison  Phillips, 
May  13,  1841.  May  5,  1920. 


256  CLASS  OF  '70,  UNIVERSITY  OF  MICHIGAN 

Charles  Gordon  Wing, 
January  21,   1846.  November  12,   1920. 

Morris  Bishop  Foster, 
January  15,  1843.  February  10,  1921. 

George  Washington  Allyn, 
November  28,  1845.  February  26,  1921. 

Owen  Edgar  LeFevre, 
August  6,  1848.  March  28,  1921. 

Charles  Rudolphus  Whitman, 
October  4,  1847.  April  2,  1921. 

William  James  Waters, 
September  10,  1841.  Date  of  death  unknown. 

NOTES. 


The  grim  reaper,  in  the  last  half-century  carried  off  ten  of 
our  dear  ones  in  the  month  of  February,  eight  in  December, 
six  in  March,  six  in  April,  four  in  January,  four  in  May,  three 
in  August,  three  in  October,  two  in  June,  two  in  November 
and  one  in  July.  September  proved  to  be  our  best  friend, 
not  permitting  death  to  enter  our  ranks  once  during  the  entire 
stretch  of  fifty  years.  All  hail  to  the  glorious  month  of  Sep- 
tember ! 

Our  two  class  boys,  Walter  Sylvester  Ballinger  and  Harley 
Corson  Winchell  are  successfully  engaged  in  business,  the 
former  in  Indianapolis,  and  the  latter  in  Chicago. 

We  reproduce  in  this  book  half-tone  pictures  of  the  group 
photographs  taken  at  our  reunions  in  1905,  1910  and  1915,  re- 
spectively ;  the  one  taken  in  1920  was  not  clear  enough  to  be 
reproduced,  so  as  to  be  distinguishable. 

Finley  died  on  his  birthday  at  the  age  of  seventy-three  years. 


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258  CLASS  OF  '70,  UNIVERSITY  OF  MICHIGAN 

CLASS  MEETINGS. 


It  has  been  a  custom  of  our  Class  to  celebrate  a  reunion  at 
the  University  every  fifth  year,  with  a  banquet.  This  has 
given  opportunity  to  re-visit  old  friends,  observe  changes  on 
the  campus  by  construction  of  new  buildings,  tearing  down  of 
old  ones,  and  changes  in  and  around  the  city  of  Ann  Arbor. 
These  attractions  in  addition  to  the  desire  to  see  and  greet  the 
"boys"  once  more  have  always  been  sufficient  to  bring  to- 
gether a  goodly  number,  once  in  five  years,  without  any  great 
effort  being  made. 

In  addition  to  these  regular  gatherings  we  have  had  num- 
erous local  impromptu  meetings  in  various  parts  of  the  coun- 
try, whenever  circumstances  were  favorable,  whether  the  num- 
ber at  the  meeting  might  be  small  or  large.  Such  was  our 
meeting  at  St.  Louis,  in  1904,  at  the  time  of  the  World's  Fair. 
The  Secretary  saw  an  opportunity  to  have  a  meeting  of  sev- 
eral members  and  their  families  while  visiting  the  Fair,  by 
fixing  a  time  and  place  of  meeting,  and  sending  out  a  circular 
giving  information  as  to  the  time  and  place.  This  was  done, 
"Michigan  Day"  being  the  time,  and  "Michigan  State  Build- 
ing" the  place.  It  turned  out  to  be  a  success.  When  the  time 
arrived  we  found  twenty-three  present  wearing  our  college 
colors,  which  had  been  provided  in  advance  for  the  occasion. 
The  following  responded  to  the  roll  call :  Bradley ;  Darrow, 
wife  and  son ;  Moore,  wife  and  two  daughters ;  Bowman ; 
Baldwin,  A.  E. ;  Allyn  and  wife ;  Fearon,  wife  and  two  daugh- 
ters ;  Wells ;  LeFevre  and  wife ;  Price  and  son ;  Stevens ;  and 
Carter.  After  recovering  from  the  surprise  of  finding  so  large 
a  number  present,  we  were  treated  to  two  more  surprises: 
One  was  that,  it  being  "Michigan  Day,"  the  Secretary  of  the 
Exposition,  University  of  Michigan  Alumnus — a  Class  of  '70 


DEPARTMENT  OF  LITERATURE,,  SCIENCE  AND  ARTS    259 

man — our  own  Stevens,  had  been  selected  to  make  the  address 
to  the  public  on  that  day,  and  "the  University  of  Michigan" 
was  to  be  the  subject  of  the  address — and  an  excellent  address 
it  was.  The  other  surprise  was  an  invitation  to  the  "Class 
of  '70,  University  of  Michigan,  with  their  wives,  sons  and 
daughters,"  from  Walter  B.  Stevens,  to  a  six  o'clock  dinner, 
that  evening,  on  the  second  floor  of  the  West  Pavillion.  We 
were  all  there  at  the  appointed  time  and  place,  to  greet  our 
gracious  host  and  partake  of  a  delicious  dinner. 

It  would  be  difficult  to  imagine  a  prouder  set  of  alumni  than 
we  were  at  that  time, — guests  of  a  fellow  alumnus,  the  Secre- 
tary of  the  World's  Fair,  partaking  of  his  bounty  on  an  upper 
pavillion  of  one  of  its  mammoth  buildings,  towering  above 
the  clouds,  from  whose  dizzy  heights  we  were  enjoying  a 
bird's  eye  view  of,  what  seemed  to  us,  a  scene  of  unparalleled 
magnificence  and  grandeur.  We  were  grateful  indeed  for  the 
pleasures  of  that  day,  never  to  be  forgotten  by  those  of  '70, 
who  were  there.  Our  host  received  us  very  cordially  and,  in 
an  after  dinner  talk,  related  an  amusing  incident  of  a  noted 
foreigner,  a  balloonist,  who  had  entered  the  list  in  a  contest 
for  a  prize  which  had  been  advertised  for  some  weeks  to 
come  off  that  day.  It  seems  this  "famous"  foreigner  was 
seen  coming  from  the  hangar  where  his  balloon  was  housed 
just  before  the  contest  was  to  begin,  his  countenance  the  pic- 
ture of  dispair,  his  tears  flowing  copiously,  and  he  complaining 
bitterly  that  some  enemy,  rival,  or  evil  disposed  person  had 
been  there  in  his  absence  and  cut  a  slit  in  his  balloon,  so  that 
he  could  not  use  it  in  the  race.  On  examination,  sure  enough 
there  was  a  slit  in  the  balloon,  the  only  question  was,  whose 
knife  cut  it. 

An  impromptu  gathering  took  place  in  Chicago,  August  4, 
1904,  on  the  occasion  of  a  short  sojourn  there  by  Wells,  from 


260  CLASS  OF  '70,  UNIVERSITY  OF  MICHIGAN 

Los  Angeles.  The  meeting-  consisted  of  Dawson,  Darrow, 
Matthews,  Tindall,  Winchell,  Whitman  and  Wells.  An  ac- 
count of  it  is  related  by  Wells  in  a  letter  to  the  Secretary 
printed  herein. 

At  our  regular  reunion  at  the  University,  June  21,  1905, 
there  were  present :  Bates ;  Beman,  wife  and  daughter ;  Boss 
and  wife ;  Burton  ;  Campbell,  wife,  daughter  and  son ;  Carter 
and  wife ;  Dawson  and  wife ;  Davock ;  Day,  wife  and  son ; 
Dodge  and  wife ;  Noble ;  Olds  and  wife ;  Perry ;  Whitman ; 
Wing;  Allyn ;  Darrow;  Moore  and  son,  and  Brown,  at  whose 
residence  we  met.  The  names  of  a  few  additional  members 
of  our  families  present  escaped  the  Secretary. 

It  was  on  this  occasion  that  the  Class  highly  honored  the 
Secretary  by  presenting  to  him,  through  Justice  William  R. 
Day,  a  very  beautiful  silver  service,  bearing  the  seal  of  the 
University  of  Michigan.  This  choice  gift  was  greatly  ap- 
preciated and  prized  by  the  Secretary  and  for  which  he  has 
ever  since  felt  grateful  to  the  donors.  Mrs.  Carter  has  shared 
in  this  feeling,  and  has  kept  the  service  shined  up  to  a  dazzling 
brightness,  constantly  in  readiness  for  use,  whenever  a  mem- 
ber of  '70  favors  us  with  a  call. 

Our  next  reunion  was  celebrated  at  Ann  Arbor,  June  29, 
1910.  There  were  present:  Barlow  and  wife;  Bates;  Beman, 
wife  and  son ;  Boss  and  wife ;  Bradley  and  wife ;  Brown ;  Bur- 
ton ;  Allyn ;  Campbell ;  Carter,  wife  and  daughter ;  Dawson 
and  wife  ;  Davock  ;  Dodge  and  wife  ;  Darrow  ;  Errett ;  French  ; 
Kintner  and  wife;  Matthews;  Noble;  Olds;  Perry;  Price  and 
son;  Ripley,  wife,  daughter  and  son;  Wing;  and  Williams. 
Professor  M.  L.  D'Ooge  and  Ezra  Rust  were  our  guests  on 
this  occasion.  By  the  kind  and  generous  invitation  of  Pro- 
fessor and  Mrs.  Beman  we  had  the  great  pleasure  of  being 


DEPARTMENT  OF  LITERATURE,  SCIENCE  AND  ARTS    261 

received  and  entertained  with  a  banquet  at  their  attractive 
residence,  913  East  Kinglsey  Street. 

In  February,  1911,  as  you  all  remember,  Mr.  Justice  Wil- 
liam R.  Day,  was  given  a  very  cordial  public  reception  in 
New  York  City,  by  more  than  a  thousand  of  Michigan  alumni 
in  which  many  of  the  members  of  the  Class  of  '70  participated. 
This  afforded  the  Class  of  '70  an  extra  opportunity  of  getting 
together  under  special  circumstances,  and  of  having  a  delight- 
ful meeting  with  their  old  Classmate,  the  guest  of  the  eve- 
ning. The  great  reception  was  enjoyed  by  all  present. 

We  held  our  regular  reunion  at  the  University  in  June, 
1915.  We  had  seated  around  the  banquet  table:  Barlow; 
Bates ;  Beman  and  wife ;  Boss  and  wife ;  Campbell ;  Carter, 
wife  and  son  ;  Darrow ;  Dawson  and  wife ;  Dodge  and  wife ; 
French  and  daughter;  Hyde;  Kintner  and  wife;  LeFevre ; 
Price  ;  Ripley  ;  Stevens ;  Whitman  and  Wing  and  wife.  The 
Class  was  indebted  to  Professor  and  Mrs.  Beman  for  this  very 
enjoyable  banquet.  Its  sociable  feature  was  specially  attrac- 
tive, the  company  lingering  late,  being  loathe  to  separate.  The 
Class  decided  to  celebrate  its  fiftieth  anniversary  by  making 
our  head-quarters  and  our  having  our  banquet  at  the  Michi- 
gan Union.  The  place  was  engaged  and  the  members  notified 
months  in  advance  in  order  that  all  might  secure  rooms  and 
be  located  near  each  other.  This  proved  to  be  wise,  for  if  the 
weather  was  stormy  or  uncomfortably  warm  we  could  keep 
up  our  visiting  without  going  outside  of  the  building.  We 
met  every  day  and  frequently  had  our  meals  together,  and  by 
speaking  in  advance  we  could  have  a  private  table  reserved 
for  us.  There  were  present:  Allyn  ;  Barlow  and  wife;  Bates; 
Beman ;  Boss ;  Carter  and  wife ;  Cooley  and  wife ;  Dawson 
and  wife  ;  Darrow  ;  Fleming ;  Ferguson  ;  French  ;  Rowland  ; 
Hyde;  Olds:  Price;  Ripley;  Schock;  Swift;  Wing;  Mrs.  W. 


262  CLASS  OF  '70,  UNIVERSITY  OF  MICHIGAN 

L.  Smith  of  Detroit,  daughter  of  Classmate  Alarsh,  deceased 
and  Frederick  C.  Noble,  of  New  York  City,  son  of  Classmate 
Noble,  deceased.  We  had  a  banquet  room  to  ourselves.  After 
the  banquet  was  disposed  of,  the  intellectual  feast  was  en- 
joyed. Interesting  informal  talks  were  made  by  most  of  those 
present  particularly  by  Schock,  Ferguson,  Fleming,  Ripley, 
Swift  and  Frederick  C.  Noble.  Letters  of  regret  were  read 
from  several  members  who  were  unable  to  be  present.  The 
Class  adoptd  a  resolution  of  regret  that  Kintner,  although  re- 
siding in  Ann  Arbor,  was  too  ill  to  attend  the  banquet,  and 
in  consequence  Mrs.  Kintner  was  also  detained.  A  vote  of 
sympathy  was  passed.  The  usual  singing  of  the  old  college 
songs  filled  up  the  intervals  in  the  program.  This  was  ren- 
dered enjoyable  by  the  foresight  of  Dawson,  who  had  supplied 
typewritten  copies,  sufficient  for  all,  of  the  old  songs  we  sang 
in  the  long  ago.  He  took  charge  of  the  music  in  his  usual 
masterly  way.  It  was  at  this  meeting  that  the  Class  author- 
ized the  publishing  of  this  present  volume.  Before  separating 
we  resolved  to  have  our  banquet  in  1925,  at  the  Michigan 
Union. 

It  is  a  matter  of  regret  that  the  group  photograph  of  the 
Class  taken  on  this  occasion  turned  out  to  be  a  failure,  some 
of  the  faces  being  blurred  and  so  dim  as  to  be  undistinguish- 
able. 


INDEX 


Adams,  Arthur  Clark    20,  31,  32,  37,   117,  221 

Adams,   Louis   W 32 

Allyn,   Mrs.    Fannie    (widow  of   George  W.) 32,   258 

Allyn,  George  Washington    5,  25,  32,  33,  260,  261;  prt.,  front,  96 

Ann   Arbor 13,    14,    46,   221,    258 

Bagley,   Governor   of    Michigan    250 

Baird,   Mrs.   Harry  M.    (nee   Corinne  V.   Errett) 95 

Baker,    Mrs.   Arthur    D.    (nee    Edith    Cooley) 70 

Baker,  Marcus    29,  37,  86,  94,  221 

Baldwin,  John  Albert    37,  38,  39,  55,  111,  217,  218 

Ballenger,  Charles    39,  40,  90,  92,  235 

Ballenger,  Walter  Sylvester   52,  53,  57,  72 

Barlow,  Henry  Hoyt 40,  260,  261;  prt.,  96,  257 

Barlow,    Mrs.    Henry    H 260,   261 ;   «prt.,   96 

Bates,  George  William 41,  53,  55,  76,  260,  261;  prt.,  front,  96,  257 

Bellamy,  Mrs.  Harry  E.   (nee  Eva  Frederica  Le  Fevre)..124,  127,  128 

Beman,  Ralph  (son  of  Wooster  W.) 260;  prt.,  front 

Beman,  Miss  Winifred  E.  (daughter  of  Wooster  W.)..260;  prt.,  front 
Beman,  Wooster  Woodruff — 

41,  42,  108,  111,  214,  260,  261;  prt.,  front,  96,  257 

Beman,  Airs.  Wooster  W.   .. ..42,  111,  214,  260,  261;  prt.,  front,  96 

Bennett,  Henry   G 67,  68 

Bird,   Miss   Cora   (sister  of  Judson   S.) , 43 

Bird,  Miss  Jennie  L.   ('sister  of  Judson  S.) 44 

Bird,  Judson  Slatford    43,  53,  77,  90,  115,  116,  139,  181 

Bird,    Mrs.    Mary    E.    (widow    of   Judson    S.) 43 

Blackburn,  Julius   A 14,   44,  45,   180 

Blanchard,  James    Harrison    , 46,   47,   55,   68,    217 

Boss,    Alward    (son    of    Ola -once    M.)..      •        49 

Boss,  Clarence  Morton 47,  128,  129,  260,  261;  prt.,  front,  96,  257 

Boss,   Mrs.   Clarence   M , 260,  261;   prt.,  front,  96,  257 

Boss,    Miss   Mary   Agnes    (daughter   of   Clarence   M.) 49 

Bradley,  Franklin 50,  51,  209,  260;  prt.,  96 

Bradley,    Mrs.    Franklin 260;    prt.,    96 

BumpU'S,   Patrick  Henry 53,  54,  90,  91,  93,  221 

Burton,    Charles    Francis 54.    55,   260;    prt.,    front,    96 

Burton,    Miss    Ethel    (daughter   of   Charles    F.) 54 

Burton,   Mrs.   Martha    (widow   of   Charles    F.) 54 

Bush,  Thomas  Harper 52,  53,  128 

Campau,  George  Throup 55,  56,  77,  204 

Campau,   Mrs.    Mary    (widow   of   George    T.) 57 

Campau,  Montgomery   (son  of  George  T.) 57 

Campau,  Woolsey   ('son  of  George  T.) 57 

Campbell,    Charles    Fuller 58,    59 

Campbell,  Mrs.   I.   R.    (daughter  of  S.   R.  Winchell) 246 

Campbell,   Oscar  James — 

57,  58,  77,  226,  248,  260,  261;  prt.,  front,  96,  257 

Campbell,  Mrs.   Oscar  J 260 ;   prt.,   front 

Campbell,  Oscar  James,  Jr 58,   59 


ii  INDEX 

Carter,  Charles  E,    (son  of  Charles   S.) 60,  64,  261;   prt.,  257 

Carter,  Charles  S. — 

24.  25,  52,  58,  60,  66,  69,  88,  92,  94,  1)7.  1:21,  131,  135,  145.   102.  209,  220, 
223,  224,  226,  238,  239,  240.  :M3,  250,  258,  260.  201  :  prt.,  front.  «M5,  257 
Carter.  Mrs.  'Charles  S..  .62,  o:i.  70.  2:27,  240.  260,  201;  prt.,  front.  90,  257 
Carter,  Miss  Lillian   M.   (daughter  of  Charles  S.) — 

60,    (52.    03.    (54,    200;    prt.,   90 

Chandler,   Mrs.    George    M.    (nee    Cooley) 70 

Christy,   Mrs.    Rebecca   K.    (widow  of  Thomas   C.) 69 

Christy,  Thomas  Chalmers   65,  (50.  (57 

Class    Books 17 

Class 13,  14,  18,  25,  29,   55,  58,  94,   153,   209,  221,   258,  262 

Class    Boy    39,   256 

Class  Letter.  .29,  31,  37,  38,  39,  43,  44,  46,  52,  53,  54,  56,  57,  65.  72.  76,  89, 
90,  92,  97,  109,  110,  113,  114,  117,  119,  128,  135,  137,  138,  220,  228,  237 

Class   Majority    8,    11,   16 

Class   Meetings    258,  260,  261 

Classmates  of  Seventy   .8,  9,  13,  18,  25,  55,  94,  123 

Cleveland,   President   Grover 156 

Cooley,    David   H.    (son    of   Eugene    E.) 71 

Cooley,  Edgar  L.    ('son  of  Eugene   E.) 70 

Cooley,   Eugene    E 14,   69,   261 

Cooley,    Mrs.    Eugene    E 261 

Cooley,  Frank    (son   of  Eugene   E.) 70 

Culley,  John  Loveland .72,  77,  139 

Darrow,   Edward   Everett — 

7,  69.  73,   84,  103.  129,  209,  238,   239,  249,  260,  261;   prt,   96,   257 

Darrow,  Mrs.  Edward   E 74,  84,  258 

Davock,   Clarence   W.    (son   of   Harlow  P.) 80,   81 

Davock,   Harlow  Noble    (son   of   Harlow   P.) 80 

Davock,  Harlow  Palmer.  .72,  75,  76,  77,  80,  110,  139,  260;  prt.,  front,  96 
Dawson,  George  E. — 

14,   81,   129,   131,   238,   839,   249,   260,   261;    prt.,   front,   257 

Dawson,  Mrs.  George  E 83,  260,  261;  prt.,  front.  257 

Dawson,    Manierre    (son    of    George    E.) 81 

Dawson,  Mitchell   (son  of  George  E.) 81,  82 

Day,   Luther    (son    of  Justice   William    R.) 88 

Day,   Rufus    (son    of  Justice    William    R.) 88 

Day,   Stephen    (son    of  Justice   William    R.) 88 

Day,   William   L.    (son   of  Justice   William    R.) 88 

Day,   Justice   William    Rufus — 

58,  77,  86,  87,  89/131,  163,  177,  178,  228,  260;  prt  ,  front 

Day,  Mrs.  William  R 87,  88.  260;   prt.,  front 

Dodge,  Charles   Keene ...89,  90,  260,  261;   prt.,  front,  96,  257 

Dodge,  Mrs.  Charles  K 90,  260,  261;  prt,  front,  96,  257 

Earle,  Mrs.   L.   H.    (nee  Jennie   Gilbert) Ill 

Edwards,   Charles   S 92,   93 

Edwards,    Mrs.    S.    F.    (:nee   Mabel    Wing) 248 

Emerson,    Mrs.    Elizn    (mother   of   William   Thomas) 91 

Emerson,   William    Thomas    90,    91 

Errett,   Henry   T.    (son   of   Russell)    95 

Errett,  John   P.    (son   of   Russell) <ir> 

Errett,    Russell    94,    2fiO;    prt.,    96 

Fearon,  Robert   Newton    93,  97,  98,  209;   prt.,   front 


INDEX  lii 

Fearon,    Mrs.    Robert    N 98,   258 

Ferguson,  Luther   Elliott    100,  261 

Fifty    Years    After — and    Thereafter    7 

Finley,   Achilles    102,    110,   129 

Fleming,  Edwin    5:5.  <!().   10:3.    UK!,    1  :>'.),  204,  220,  221,  261,  262 

Foster,   Dr.    Bainbridge   W.    (son    of   Morris    B.) 1 07 

Foster,  Morris  Bishop    5,  25,  93,  104,  105,  129 

Foster,   Robert   M.    (son    of   Morris    B.) 107 

Foster,  Thomas  I.   (son   of  Morris   B.)    . . 107 

French,  Miss   Anna  Rood  (daughter  of  George  J.) 251;  prt.,  257 

French,  George  Jay    107,  108,  260,  261;   prt.,  96,  257 

Gaines,  Mrs.  E.  C.   (nee  Aclele   F.  Foster) 107 

Gates   of   Pearl    17 

General  Secretary  of  the  Class   24,  25 

Gilbert,  Charles  P 72,  77,  90,  109,  111,  139,  217 

Gilbert,    Mrs.    Charles    P Ill 

Gillillan,    Mrs     Emory    (nee   Jean    Campbell) 59 

Gunnison,    Frank    Ill,    112 

Harrington,   Mrs.   Charles   W.   (nee   Blanche   Winifred   Marsh) ...  .136 

Harrington,  Mrs.  William  Austin   ('nee   Meirabell  L.   Marsh) 136 

Haven,  Otis  Erastus   66,  113,  114 

Hayward,  James  Alfred    , 114,  116,  117,  230 

Howe,  Frank  Howard    117,   118,  221 

Howland.  John    Collins    55,   U7,   261 

Hukill,   Mrs.    Emory   G.    (daughter   of  Oscar  J.    Campbell) 59,   260 

Hyde,    Clarence    (son   of   Washington)    119 

Hyde,    Edward    (son    of   Washington)     119 

Hyde,   Washington    72,  77,   118,  261 ;  prt.,  257 

In    Memoriam     - 253 

Jones,   Francis   Wayland    46,   119,   120,   121,    128,   130 

Keeper   of   the    Book    24 

Kessler,    Mrs.    Adaline    C.    (nee    Cooley) 71 

Ketchum,   Edith   L.    (daughter   of   Eugene) 122 

Ketchum,   Eugene    121,    122,  129 

Kintner,  Charles  J 108.  122,  260,  261,  262;  prt.,  96,  257 

Kintner,  Mrs.  Charles  J 123,  260,  261,  262;  prt.,  96,  257 

Last   Survivor    6,   9,   21,   24 

Le   Fevre,   Owen    Edgar — 

5,  25.   123,   125,   126,    127,   128,   209,  258,  261;    prt.,   257 

Le   Fevre,   Mrs.  Owen   E 124,   126,   127,   128,  227,  258 

Life's  the  coming  one    10,  11 

Lovell,  Vincent   Smith    103,   128,   129,   204 

Lovell,   Mrs.    Vincent    S 129 

McAlvay,   Mrs    Carl    E     (nee   Eva   Cooley) 70 

McKibbier,    Mrs.    Frank   B.    (nee    Elizabeth   Cooley). 70 

McKinley,    President   William    157,   178 

Maltman,  John  Scott 46,  120,  128,  130,  131,  132,  133,  135,  218 

Maltman,    John,   Jr.    (son   of  John    S.) 134 

Marsh,    Milo    Elijah    77,    135 

Matthews,  Mrs.  Emma  A.  (widow  of  William  F.) 138 


iv  INDEX 

Matthews,   William   Freeman 109,   137,   231,   238,   239,   260;   prt.,   96. 

Memorial    Hall    16 

Meyendorff.  Michael  A.. 72,  77,  110,  118,  138,  140,  141,  142,  143,  144,  221 

Michigan  Union 5,   13,   :>i;i.   r.'iirj 

Mickle,  George  Washington    43,  53,  90,  116,  129,  144,   181,  203 

Moses,  Bernard    52,  129,  145-153,  204,  228 

Noble,  Alfred.  .77.  91,  110,  116,  139,  154-168,  171,  227,  228,  260;  prt.,  front 

Noble,    Frederick    C.    (-son    of   Alfred) :><>:» 

Nydia    14,    15 

Olds,  Clark    169,   170,  171,  260;   prt.,  front,  96 

Olds,    Mrs.    Clark    260;    prt.,    front 

Olds,   Irving  S.    ('son   of  Clark)    171 

Olney,  Mrs.   F.   B.   (nee  Jessie  Wing)    248,  250 

Our  Class  Letter    29 

Pedrick,   Isaac   H 66,   67,   68,   82 

Penfield,   Miss  Blanche    (daughter  of  William   L.) 175 

Penfield,   Walter  Scott    (son   of  William   L.) 175 

Penfield,  William  Lorenzo    86,   173-180,   228 

Penfield,   Mrs.   William   L 175 

Pennington,  Darius  Comstock    171,  172,  173 

Perry,  Aaron    110,  180,  181,  182,  183,  260;   prt.,  96 

Perry,    Mrs.    Aaron 1 85 

Perry,  Stuart  H.  (son  of  Aaron) 1 82,  185,  1 8*1 

Phillips,    Maxwell    186,    187,    188 

Plump,    Mr*.   Eric    (nee   Adams)    32 

Price,   C.   B.    (son   of  Samuel   B.) 188,   258 

Price,  J.  H.   (son  of  Samuel   B.)    188,  260 

Price,  Samuel  B 77,  188,  209,  258,  260,  261 ;  prt.,  96,  257 

Ripley,  Birch    (son  of  Henry  C.) 195,  199 

Ripley,    Henry    Clay — 

53.  115,  116,  189-199,  235,  260.  261,  262;   prt,  96,  257 

Ripley,  Mrs.  Henry  C 192,  194,  195,  199,  260;  prt.,  96 

Ripley,    Herbert    (son    of   Henry   C.) 199 

Ripley,  Loraine   (daughter  of  Henry  C.)....194,  195,  199,  260:  prt,  96 

Ripley,  Racine  ('son  of  Henry  C.) 192,  194,  195,  199,  260;  prt.,  96 

Roosevelt,  President  Theodore.  .140,  141,  142,  158,  178,  218,  219,  222,  228 

Schock,   William   Henry    199-203,    261 

Secretary  of  the   Class    5,   24,   25 

Slifer,  Mrs.   Roy   (nee   Hallie   M.»  Errett) 95 

Smith,   Mrs.  Willis  Lee    (nee   Myrtie   Amont    Marsh) 136,   262 

Stebbins,   Mrs.  W.  J.    (daughter  of  S.   R    Winchell) 246 

Stevens,  Walter  Barlow 77,  203-214,  259,  261 ;  prt..  257 

Stocking,    Leonard    Emiah 214-218 

Swift,  Lucius   Burrie    218,  219,  220,  261,  262 

Taft,   Ex-President  William   Howard    146,   161 

Thayer,  Rnfus  Hildreth    103,  117,  124,  220-228 

Thomson,    Alexander    228 

Thomson,   Mrs.   Alexander    229 

Timlnll,  Orlando  Lafayette    230-232,  238,  239,  245,  260 

Tindall,   Mrs.   Orlando  L ..231 


INDEX  v 

Tweedy,  Arthur   (son  of  James   F.) 234 

Tweedy,  James  B.   (son  of  James   F.) 234 

Tweedy,  James  Fisher    53,  227,  233 

Tweedy,   Mrs.   James    F 234 

Tweedy,    Richard    (son    of  James    F.) 234 

Tyler,    Moses    Coit    204,    205 

University 16 

Voorheis,    Peter    234,    235 

Waters,  William  James   43,  53,  115,  236 

Wattles,    Oliver    Hart     236 

Weisbrod,    Albert    William    237 

Wells,  Charles  Manley 46,  66,  130,  181,  217,  237-242,  247,  260 

Wells,  Mrs.  Charles   M 238,  240 

Wells,  F.  B.   (son  of  Charles  M.) 240 

Wells,   George   R.    (son   of   Charles   M.) 240 

Wells,  L.  C.   (son  of  Charles  M.) 240 

Westfall,    Mrs.    K.    G.    (nee    Bird) 43 

Whitman,   Bayard  J.    (son   of  Charles   R.) 242 

Whitman,   Charles   Rudolphus — 

5,  25,  108,   131,  238.  239,  242,  243,  260,  261;   prt.,   front,  257 

Whitman,   Lloyd    C.    (son   of   Charles   R) 242 

Whitman,  Roland  D.   (son   of  Charles  R.) 242 

Whitman.   Ross   C.    (son  of  Charles  R.) 242 

Willits,  Warren   Chaffee   115,  244 

Winchell,  Harley  Corson    (son  of  S.  R.)    53,  57,  72,  246 

Winchell  Samuel  Robertson  .  .52,  77,  92,  232,  235,  238,  239,  244,  247,  260 

Winchell,    Mrs.    Samuel    R 245,    246,   247 

Wing,  Miss  Alice   (daughter  of  Charles  G.) 248 

Wing,  Charles    (son  of  Charles   G.) 248 

Wing,  Charle-s  Gordon — 

5    25,  90,  239,  247-252,  260,  261;  prt.,  front,  96,  257 

Wing,   Mrs.  Charles  G 247,  261 ;   prt.,  257 

Wing,  Miss   Ethelwjn   (daughter  of  Charles  G.) 248 

Wing,  Gordon   P.    (son   of   Charles   G.) 248 

Wing,  Oril    (daughter  of  Charles   G.) 248 

Wylie,   Thomas 180,   252 


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